Global Warming and Climate Change - booklet
The Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, and Climate Change
Overview
This resource provides a basic introduction to the greenhouse effect, global warming, and climate change. It is aimed roughly at undergrad classrooms (which is where I have taught), but it's also suitable for high school teachers, lifelong learners, climate change outreach, etc., and can be used for 'just in time' professional development by everyone.
This resource is adapted from resources created by US agencies such as NASA (https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/) and the EPA (https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators). It takes Web pages, downloads, and links, and condenses them into a single narrative (so you don't have to!). It currently includes some specific US examples at the end.
Climate change is a complicated topic, so these slides are designed so that you can learn about climate change as you use them. They are not just slides to repeat, but slides you can explain to others. To support this, there more information provided in the ‘Notes’ section, such as links to other resources, references, and so on. The Notes provide more background on the slide topic, and can be used for self-education, to prepare for a lecture, etc.
A PDF version of the slides can be printed out as a basic textbook (instructions are in the slides).
All the material used in these slides is already in the public domain. Any errors in these slides are the responsibility of the author, and not the original creators.