The Greenhouse Effect

• This video explains the greenhouse effect on Earth, what greenhouse gases do, and how humans are affecting the natural greenhouse effect.
  
• Links to other videos and materials about the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, climate change, and the scientific process are also provided.

Positives

• The webpage is interactive and has opportunities for students to extend their learning.
  
• Students will be stimulated by bright colors and the multimedia components of the webpage.
  
• This would be an excellent resource to introduce students to the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, and the carbon cycle.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students will need basic familiarity with the states of matter, primarily understanding what a vapor or gas is.
  
• Students should have a basic understanding of energy, and that heat from the sun is a source of energy.
  
• Some terms students will need to be familiar with include emissions, infrared radiation, vapor, reflected, and atmosphere.
  

Differentiation

• English language learners may also need the terms cycle and energy front-loaded, as well as the terms mentioned above.   
• Students who need more processing time or have low listening comprehension can slow the playback speed on the video and/or turn on closed-captioning.
• This resource is user-friendly and interactive, so it would be useful for a web quest activity for an inquiry-based learning experience.
• Language arts classes can have students read the brief articles on this site as an informational text lesson or for a guided research project.
  

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