Ozone by Norman Anderson, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA. (1996). An activity guide specifically dealing with ozone and how it related to weather conditions, air quality, etc. Activities are presented in a useable format that is supplemented with a glossary and list of additional resources. Our Unique Atmosphere.
Your Climate, Your Future by World Wildlife Federation. Grades 9-12.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/curriculum/WWFBinaryitem5961.pdf. Read and discuss articles on the atmosphere to understand how heat-trapping gases work in the atmosphere and why they and carbon dioxide are necessary for life on Earth. Emissions of Heat-trapping Gasses.
Your Climate, Your Future by World Wildlife Federation. Grades 9-12.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/curriculum/WWFBinaryitem5962.pdf. Record how much energy they use at home to calculate their own carbon footprint. Students learn about atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping gases and make predictions while identifying the sources of emissions.
Lesson 1: The Carbon Link. Climate Change: Connections and Solutions. Facing the Future. Grades 6-8.
http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/ClimateChangeGrades68/tabid/453/Default.aspx. Students take on roles as part of an interactive carbon cycle model, then witness a demonstration of the greenhouse effect and explore its role in global climate change.
Lesson 2: Carbon Dioxide Trends. Climate Change: Connections and Solutions. Facing the Future. Grades 6-8.
http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/ClimateChangeGrades68/tabid/453/Default.aspx. Students graph data to examine atmospheric carbon dioxide trends during the past 45 years and predict future carbon dioxide emissions. The activity closes with a discussion of ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Lesson 2: Carbon Dioxide Trends. Climate Change: Connections and Solutions. Facing the Future. Grades 9-12.
http://www.facingthefuture.org/Curriculum/ClimateChangeGrades912/tabid/454/Default.aspx. Through an experiment, students explore Earth’s greenhouse effect and graph results of 3 scenarios to draw conclusions about how greenhouse gases affect air temperature."
How Greenhouse Gases Absorb Heat. American Museum of Natural History. Grades 9-12.
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/card_frame.php?rid=1476&rurlid=1450. In this experiment, students will observe two model atmospheres: one with normal atmospheric composition and another with an elevated concentration of carbon dioxide. These two contained atmospheres will be exposed to light energy from a sunny window or from a lamp. The carbon dioxide is produced by a simple reaction and tested using bromothymol blue (BTB).