Simulation

Fact-Finding Team
Global Warming

The mission of your group is to

Find the answers to the questions listed below. You may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or the Antarctica: 90 Degrees South video titled Winter? Summer? How Can You Tell? about the weather and seasons of the continent.
Make a presentation of your findings to the class. You may use whatever media you choose for your presentation. Think about how YOU learn best.
Make a handout of the important findings of your group to distribute to the rest of the class.Be sure to cite your sources.

Questions -- Global Warming

What is global warming?
What are greenhouse gases?
How are they produced?
Are they currently increasing, decreasing or staying the same?
Are greenhouse gases good or bad for the earth and life on it?
What could happen if the greenhouse gases increased/decreased to the life in Antarctica?
Can greenhouse gases be controlled by us?
What conclusions can you draw?

Resources

Global Warming Facts & Our Future
http://www.koshlandsciencemuseum.org/exhibitgcc/index.jsp

Is Antarctica melting because of Global Warming
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/FAQs/faq_02.html

Global Warming Kids Site
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/

World View of Global Warming
http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org

Global Warning: Early Warning Signs
http://www.climatehotmap.org/antarctica.html

NOVA Warnings from the Ice
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/warnings

Petition Project (This is against the current beliefs about global warming)
http://www.oism.org/pproject/s33p36.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Global Warming
http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/10/10012002/ap_48576.asp

What's Up with the Weather? PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/

Fact-Finding Team Global Warming

The mission of your group is to

Questions -- Global Warming

Resources

Fact-Finding Team
Global Warming