DAY 1
JOBS
Communication/ Audio Engineer
Why it is necessary to consider and explain (effectively communicate) real-world data about changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over Earth's history?
OBJECTIVES
1. What is the future of Earth’s climate? Look at slides 5 and 6 in particular.
2. NASA - Communicating in Space
3. NASA - Space Communications and Navigation
Satellite/Aerospace Engineer
What is the benefit of longitudinal observation of earth’s systems?
How do these observations, collected by satellite, help us understand the earth’s surface?
OBJECTIVES
1. ESA - Observing the Earth
2. NOAA Ocean Explorer - Satellites
3. NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service - Satellite Missions Explore all six satellite types.
Atmosphere / Atmospheric Scientist
Identify sources and sinks for carbon dioxide to explain how carbon dioxide travels through earth’s system.
How do greenhouse gases contribute to the rise in Earth’s temperature?
OBJECTIVES
1. The Carbon Cycle
2. NASA Global Climate Change - Earth System Science
3. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Atmosphere
4. NASA Global Climate Change - Evidence
5. NASA Global Climate Change - Causes
6. ACS - Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks
Energy / Physicist
What happens when solar radiation interacts with Earth's surface and atmosphere? Describe this in terms of reflection, absorption, and the greenhouse effect.
What is the reason for the seasons? Investigate and explain how the earth’s position in the solar system affects latitudinal temperature change, and how celestial events affect earth.
OBJECTIVES
1. NASA Mission: Science - The Earth’s Radiation Budget
2. The Reasons for the Seasons
3. NASA Global Climate Change - Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North’s Growing Seasons
4. The Reason for the Seasons WebQuest
Ocean/Oceanographer
How does temperature affect the water cycle in terms of the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide (uptake), and the water vapor in the atmosphere?
How does climate change affect the factors that drive ocean currents?
OBJECTIVES
1. NOAA - Currents
2. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Hydrosphere
3. NOAA Ocean Explorer - Weather and Climate
4. NOAA PMEL Carbon Program - Ocean Carbon Uptake
Space Weather/Solar Astronomer
What is space weather? Investigate and explain how the Earth’s magnetosphere protects us from space events.
How does space weather affect earth, communication, and climate?
OBJECTIVES
1. Space Weather
2. NOAA Space Weather Impacts on Climate
3. How Does Space Weather Affect Earth and Human Society
4. NASA Magnetospheres
5. NOAA Space Weather Phenomena
Cryology/Glaciologist
Why do light colored surfaces, such as ice, have a cooling effect on earth’s temperature? Explain by defining the positive feedback loop between temperature and ice cover.
What is an example of another positive feedback loop within the Earth’s system?
OBJECTIVES
1. NASA Global Climate Change - The Study of Earth as an Integrated System
2. Global Greenhouse Warming - Climate Feedback
3. NASA Global Climate Change - Video: Frozen Earth
4. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Cryosphere
Biology/Biologist
What measurable changes in biological systems have occurred as a result of climate change?
In what ways does climate change negatively impact the biosphere? Reference specific threats to the environment if temperatures continue to rise.
OBJECTIVES
1. NASA Global Climate Change - The Consequences of Climate Change
2. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Biosphere
3. EPA - Climate Change Science Overview
4. EPA - Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Ecosystems
5. EPA - Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Health and Society
6. EPA - Climate Impact on Ecosystems
Geology/Geologist
How are earth’s surface and oceans related to greenhouse gases and temperature? Give specific examples of how one or more affects another, and why scientists must monitor these relationships in the midst of climate change.
OBJECTIVES
1. NASA Earth Observatory - Global Maps: Land Surface Temperature
2. NASA Earth Observatory - Global Maps: Sea Surface Temperature
3. EPA - Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Oceans
4. EPA - Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Snow and Ice
- You should begin by reading the question(s) and objectives listed below under the job you have been assigned.
- Each member of your group should choose one of the Web page links provided and then use the form you have been given to take notes on what you learn from reading the information there.
- When you finish with one Web page, you should move on to another.
- Be prepared to turn in your completed note forms at the end of the mod.
JOBS
Communication/ Audio Engineer
Why it is necessary to consider and explain (effectively communicate) real-world data about changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over Earth's history?
OBJECTIVES
- Understand the importance of effective communication
- Explore and critically analyze real-world data about changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over Earth's history
- Explain why it is necessary to consider multiple factors when modeling the climate
1. What is the future of Earth’s climate? Look at slides 5 and 6 in particular.
2. NASA - Communicating in Space
3. NASA - Space Communications and Navigation
Satellite/Aerospace Engineer
What is the benefit of longitudinal observation of earth’s systems?
How do these observations, collected by satellite, help us understand the earth’s surface?
OBJECTIVES
- Explain the importance of satellites in observing the earth's surface
- Understand the benefit of longitudinal observation of earth’s systems
1. ESA - Observing the Earth
2. NOAA Ocean Explorer - Satellites
3. NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service - Satellite Missions Explore all six satellite types.
Atmosphere / Atmospheric Scientist
Identify sources and sinks for carbon dioxide to explain how carbon dioxide travels through earth’s system.
How do greenhouse gases contribute to the rise in Earth’s temperature?
OBJECTIVES
- Explain how greenhouse gasses cause Earth's temperature to warm
- Describe how carbon dioxide travels through Earth's system and identify sources and sinks for carbon dioxide
- Discuss the role of carbon in climate change
1. The Carbon Cycle
2. NASA Global Climate Change - Earth System Science
3. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Atmosphere
4. NASA Global Climate Change - Evidence
5. NASA Global Climate Change - Causes
6. ACS - Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks
Energy / Physicist
What happens when solar radiation interacts with Earth's surface and atmosphere? Describe this in terms of reflection, absorption, and the greenhouse effect.
What is the reason for the seasons? Investigate and explain how the earth’s position in the solar system affects latitudinal temperature change, and how celestial events affect earth.
OBJECTIVES
- Describe what happens when solar radiation interacts with Earth's surface and atmosphere
- Investigate and explain: What is the reason for the seasons?
1. NASA Mission: Science - The Earth’s Radiation Budget
2. The Reasons for the Seasons
3. NASA Global Climate Change - Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North’s Growing Seasons
4. The Reason for the Seasons WebQuest
Ocean/Oceanographer
How does temperature affect the water cycle in terms of the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide (uptake), and the water vapor in the atmosphere?
How does climate change affect the factors that drive ocean currents?
OBJECTIVES
- Explain how temperature affects the ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide
- Explain the effects of temperature on carbon dioxide uptake by the oceans and water vapor in the atmosphere
- Explain what causes ocean currents and its effects on climate change
1. NOAA - Currents
2. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Hydrosphere
3. NOAA Ocean Explorer - Weather and Climate
4. NOAA PMEL Carbon Program - Ocean Carbon Uptake
Space Weather/Solar Astronomer
What is space weather? Investigate and explain how the Earth’s magnetosphere protects us from space events.
How does space weather affect earth, communication, and climate?
OBJECTIVES
- Explain what space weather is and how it impacts climate
- Investigate and explain what the Earth’s magnetosphere does
1. Space Weather
2. NOAA Space Weather Impacts on Climate
3. How Does Space Weather Affect Earth and Human Society
4. NASA Magnetospheres
5. NOAA Space Weather Phenomena
Cryology/Glaciologist
Why do light colored surfaces, such as ice, have a cooling effect on earth’s temperature? Explain by defining the positive feedback loop between temperature and ice cover.
What is an example of another positive feedback loop within the Earth’s system?
OBJECTIVES
- Explain why light-colored surfaces have a cooling effect on Earth's temperature
- Describe the positive feedback loop between temperature and ice cover
- Describe an example of a positive feedback loop in the Earth system (Arctic Ice melting)
1. NASA Global Climate Change - The Study of Earth as an Integrated System
2. Global Greenhouse Warming - Climate Feedback
3. NASA Global Climate Change - Video: Frozen Earth
4. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Cryosphere
Biology/Biologist
What measurable changes in biological systems have occurred as a result of climate change?
In what ways does climate change negatively impact the biosphere? Reference specific threats to the environment if temperatures continue to rise.
OBJECTIVES
- Explore the effects of climate change over the past several decades and the measurable changes in biological systems that have occurred worldwide
- Investigate and explain the threats and impacts of climate change on the biosphere. Provide specific examples of these threats, if projected rising temperatures occur
1. NASA Global Climate Change - The Consequences of Climate Change
2. Global Climate Change: Research Explorer - Biosphere
3. EPA - Climate Change Science Overview
4. EPA - Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Ecosystems
5. EPA - Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Health and Society
6. EPA - Climate Impact on Ecosystems
Geology/Geologist
How are earth’s surface and oceans related to greenhouse gases and temperature? Give specific examples of how one or more affects another, and why scientists must monitor these relationships in the midst of climate change.
OBJECTIVES
- Compare earth surface and water surface temperatures. Explain what scientists monitor and how this relates to climate change.
- Explore the complex interrelationships between Earth's surface and oceans, greenhouse gases, and temperature
1. NASA Earth Observatory - Global Maps: Land Surface Temperature
2. NASA Earth Observatory - Global Maps: Sea Surface Temperature
3. EPA - Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Oceans
4. EPA - Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Snow and Ice
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