Climate+Change

=Earth Science=

//Key Concepts//
By the end of this course, students will: • analyse some of the effects of climate change around the world, and assess the effectiveness of initiatives that attempt to address the issue of climate change; • investigate various natural and human factors that influence Earth's climate and climate change; • demonstrate an understanding of natural and human factors, including the greenhouse effect, that influence Earth's climate and contribute to climate change.

Daily Agenda
P. 335 #3 - 6 || 8.1 8.2 8.4 || P. 353 #4 - 6 P. 357 #1 - 3, 5 P. 361 #3, 4 || 8.6 8.9 8.10 8.11 || P. 395 #2, 3 || 9.1 9.4 9.5 9.6 || 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 ||
 * = **Date** ||= **Agenda** ||= **Homework** ||= **Readings** ||
 * < May30 ||< # Take up Test
 * 1) What is Climate Change?
 * 2) Weather vs. Climate
 * 3) What do we need to know to understand climate change? ||< P. 321 #1, 2, 6 ||< 8.1 ||
 * May31 || # What describes climate?
 * 1) Climate zones
 * 2) Climate system
 * Atmosphere
 * Hydrosphere
 * Litosphere
 * Living Things || P. 324 #2, 3, 4
 * June1 || # Energy and the Sun
 * 1) Energy and Heat Transfer
 * 2) Look at temperature data by latitude || P. 329 #2 - 6 || 8.3 ||
 * June2 || # Winds
 * 1) Ocean Currents || P. 347 #1, 3, 4, 6, 7 || 8.8 ||
 * June3 || # Greenhouse Effect
 * 1) Climate Changes
 * 2) Greenhouse effect modelling project || P. 342 #1 - 6
 * June6 || # Weather Development
 * 1) Storm Development || Handout Question ||   ||
 * June7 || # Evidence of Climate Change
 * 1) Contributors to Climate Change
 * 2) Studying Climate Change || P. 378 #1 - 7
 * June8 || # Climate Change - A Canadian Study
 * 1) Greenhouse effect modelling project ||   || Sect. 16.2 ||
 * June9 || # Greenhouse effect modelling project
 * 1) Combatting Climate Change ||   || 10.1
 * June 12 || # Exam Review ||  ||   ||
 * June 13 || # Exam Review ||  ||   ||
 * June 16 || # Exam Review ||  ||   ||
 * June 17 || # Exam Review ||  ||   ||

Interesting Links
[|Pembina Institute] [|David Suzuki Foundation] [|Climate Action Network] [|United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009] [|United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] [|The Kyoto Protocol]