The Greenhouse Effect
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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
Version 3.04
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 |
HW Lab Demo |
Chemistry |
| Investigating Climate Change at the Macroscopic and Microscopic Level |
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Amy Rouinfar | MS HS |
Lab | Earth Science |
| Greenhouse gases - sense making by observing photons |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Lab HW |
Earth Science Physics Chemistry |
| Investigating the Greenhouse Effect |
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Traci Radil | HS | Lab | ||
| Blackbody Spectrum Simulation Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro UG-Adv |
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| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Physics Biology Chemistry Earth Science |
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| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Chemistry Earth Science Physics Biology |
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| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | UG-Intro HS |
Other | Chemistry | |
| Greenhouse Simulation Lesson |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
Demo | Physics | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | Physics Biology Chemistry |
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| Climate Change - Gas | The EduChange Team | HS UG-Intro |
Guided Lab Discuss |
Other Physics Chemistry Earth Science |
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| Greenhouse Effect Worksheet | Joshua Tan | HS UG-Intro |
HW Guided Lab |
Astronomy Earth Science Physics |
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| How Does the Earth's Climate Change? | Katie Calder | K-5 | Guided Lab Discuss |
Earth Science | ||
| PhET Greenhouse Effect Simulations | Jack Ganse | MS HS |
Guided Discuss |
Earth Science | ||
| Guided Activity - Greenhouse Effect | Timothy Kerr | HS UG-Intro |
HW Guided Lab |
Earth Science Physics Astronomy |
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| Climate Change - The Gas Phase | The EduChange Team | HS MS UG-Intro |
Lab Discuss Guided |
Chemistry Biology Earth Science |
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| Greenhouse Gases and Their Effect on Earth's Climate | Nathan Quarderer | UG-Intro | Guided HW Lab Discuss |
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| The Greenhouse Effect PhET Simulation Lab | Matthew Wasilawski | HS | Lab | Biology Earth Science |
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| The Greenhouse Effect | Amy Jordan | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Greenhouse Effect Guided Worksheet | Christine Russo | K-5 HS MS |
Guided | Earth Science | ||
| NGSS Simulation Alignment/Correlation | Matthew Huffine | K-5 MS UG-Intro HS |
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| Greenhouse Effect: Good or Bad? | Nathan Quarderer | UG-Intro | Lab | Earth Science | ||
| Greenhouse | Kristy Bibbey | HS | CQs | |||
| Greenhouse Effect Basics | David Moutoux | MS HS |
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| The Greenhouse Effect | Edina Levnjak | MS | Lab | |||
| Greenhouse Effect | Kevin Fairchild | MS HS |
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| The Greenhouse Effect Lab | Greg Van Houten | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Greenhouse Effect | Kayne Spooner | HS | Lab | Earth Science | ||
| 온실효과 SIM 사용지침서 | 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) | HS MS |
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Biology Chemistry Earth Science Physics |
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| EFECTO INVERNADERO (JAVA) | FRANCISCO CRUZ CANTU | HS | Demo Guided HW Lab |
Chemistry Physics Biology |
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| Greenhouse Effect Guided Worksheet (traducción al español) | Ana W. Santiago Figueroa | MS | Guided Lab |
Earth Science |
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