NASA Global Warming Demonstration

Provided by: CLEAN |Published on: November 15, 2023
Videos Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

  • This video demonstrates the heat capacity difference between air and water using a flame and balloons, which teachers in the classroom can recreate.
  • As the Earth grows warmer due to climate change, the oceans absorb much more heat than the atmosphere absorbs.
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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: CLEAN, NASA
Region: Global
Languages: English

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The CLEAN Network is a professionally diverse community of over 630 members committed to improving climate and energy literacy locally, regionally, nationally, and globally in order to enable responsible decisions and actions. The CLEAN Network has been a dynamic group since 2008 and is now led by the CLEAN Leadership Board established in 2016. 

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