Resources for teachers on teaching climate science in Science for Public Understanding from CPDN, University of Oxford.
Science for Public Understanding
These materials provide many opportunities for independent research and for the application of ‘Ideas about Science’ within the ‘Science for Public Understanding’ specification.
Global warming and climate change are topics which link together the earlier topics on ‘Using Fuels and Electricity Supply’ with ‘Radiation’. They provide opportunities to use almost all the ‘Ideas about Science’.
| Title and Description | Notes |
|---|---|
| Introduction for Teachers | Teachers’ notes (pdf, 90KB) |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Discussion exercise and lesson plan (rtf, 10KB) Can be used with or without class internet access. |
| Simple Climate Model | Teachers’ notes (pdf, 140KB) Calculator / Excel versions |
| Students’ notes Spreadsheet version (pdf, 120KB) | |
| Worksheet Excel version (xls, 14KB) | |
| Worksheet Calculator version (pdf, 100KB) | |
| Earth’s energy budget | Teachers’ notes Presentation (pdf, 80KB) |
| Presentation (pdf, 120KB) | |
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Why is carbon dioxide so important? Examining the evidence |
Teachers’ notes Presentation (pdf, 110KB) |
| Presentation (pdf, 620KB) | |
| CPDN results so far | Teachers’ notes (pdf, 110KB) Does not require the CPDN model to be running |
| Analysis exercise (pdf, 300KB) Does not require the CPDN model to be running |