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Action Plans

      Dodgeville 10-10-10 (350.org) District-wide Action Plan (word document) (pdf)
      2011 Moving Planet (350.org) District-wide Action Plan (word document) (pdf)

Lesson Plans

Unit 1 - Our Global Climate System

 

   Middle School (Grades 6-8)
      Water Cycle versus Carbon Cycle (word document)
      Intro to Climate Change and the Greenhouse Effect (word document)
      Polar Bears and Climate Change (word document)
      Net Radiation and Snow Cover (pdf)
      Weather versus Climate (word document)
      Carbon Projection Applet Worksheet (pdf)

 

   High School (Grades 9-12)
      Convection Currents (word document)

Unit 2 - Observations of Climate Change

 

   Middle School (Grades 6-8)
      Evidence of Recent Climate Change (word document)
      Lake Monona Ice Graphing Activity (word document)
      Albedo Effects of Ice and Water (pdf)
      Paleoclimatology (word document)
      Solstices, Equinoxes & Seasons (word document)

 

   High School (Grades 9-12)
      Paleoclimates and Pollen (word document)
      Milankovitch Applet Activity (word document) (pdf)

Unit 3 - Global Climate Change

 

   Middle School (Grades 6-8)
      Human Influences on Climate (word doc1) (word doc2)
      Lake Mendota Ice Statistical Analysis Activity (pdf)
      Climate Change Panels and Protocols (word document)
      Urban Heat Islands (word document)

 

   High School (Grades 9-12)
      Introduction to Ozone (word document)
      Simple Statistics Excercise on Uncertainity (Data)
              ( Excel 2003 word doc)( pdf)
               ( Excel 2007 word doc)( pdf)
              ( MAC 2011 word doc)( pdf)
     Facts versus Misconceptions (pdf)

Unit 4 - Climate Modeling and Future Scenarios

 

   Middle School (Grades 6-8)
      Climate Models- presenting from a USCGRP resource (word doc)
      Climate Models and making a prediction (pdf)
      Poster Project (word document)
      CO2 Lifetime (word document)
      Global Dilema scenario using the carbon projection applet (pdf)

 

   High School (Grades 9-12)
      Fold it 4 Climate Change Questions (word document)
      Stabilization Wedges using the carbon projection applet (pdf)

Unit 5 - Regional Climate Change

 

   Middle School (Grades 6-8)
      Let's take Action (word document)
      So What, What Now? (word document)
      Temperatures on your Birthday (word document)
      Global Climate Projections (word document)
      What will you do? (pdf)

 

   High School (Grades 9-12)
      U.S. Climate Regions (word document)
      Polar Bear Research Essay (pdf)