The Greenhouse Effect
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About
Topics
- Greenhouse Effect
- Greenhouse Gases
- Heat
- Thermodynamics
- Climate
Description
How do greenhouse gases affect the climate? Explore the atmosphere during the ice age and today. What happens when you add clouds? Change the greenhouse gas concentration and see how the temperature changes. Then compare to the effect of glass panes. Zoom in and see how light interacts with molecules. Do all atmospheric gases contribute to the greenhouse effect?
Sample Learning Goals
- Describe the effect of greenhouse gases on photons and temperature
- Describe the effect of clouds on photons and temperature
- Compare the effect of greenhouse gases to the effect of glass panes
- Describe the interaction of photons with atmospheric gases
- Explain why greenhouse gases affect temperature
For Teachers
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking (PDF). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs Demo HW Lab |
5/19/15 |
| Investigating Climate Change at the Macroscopic and Microscopic Level |
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Amy Rouinfar | HS MS |
Lab | 3/18/15 |
| Greenhouse gases - sense making by observing photons |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab |
12/10/12 |
| Investigating the Greenhouse Effect |
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Traci Radil | HS | Lab | 10/22/10 | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
Other | 5/27/15 | |
| Blackbody Spectrum Simulation Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro UG-Adv |
HW | 3/4/15 | |
| Greenhouse Simulation Lesson |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
Demo | 10/21/10 | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | 10/19/15 | ||
| The Greenhouse Effect | Amy Jordan | HS | Lab | 9/2/15 | ||
| Greenhouse Effect Guided Worksheet | Christine Russo | HS MS K-5 |
Guided | 9/1/15 | ||
| NGSS Simulation Alignment/Correlation | Matthew Huffine | K-5 HS MS UG-Intro |
Demo Other |
3/20/15 | ||
| Greenhouse Effect: Good or Bad? | Nathan Quarderer | UG-Intro | Lab | 11/17/14 | ||
| Greenhouse | Kristy Bibbey | HS | CQs | 4/14/14 | ||
| Greenhouse Effect Basics | David Moutoux | MS HS |
Lab | 4/3/14 | ||
| The Greenhouse Effect | Edina Levnjak | MS | Lab | 3/9/14 | ||
| Greenhouse Effect | Kevin Fairchild | MS HS |
Lab | 4/1/12 | ||
| The Greenhouse Effect Lab | Greg Van Houten | HS | Lab | 3/23/11 | ||
| Greenhouse Effect | Kayne Spooner | HS | Lab | 10/22/10 | ||
| 온실효과 SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | HS MS |
Lab Demo |
5/17/13 |
Translations
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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