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 | HS UG-Intro |
Lab Demo HW |
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 |
HW Lab |
Earth Science Chemistry Physics |
| Investigating the Greenhouse Effect |
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Traci Radil | HS | Lab | ||
| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | Chemistry | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Chemistry Earth Science Physics Biology |
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| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Biology Physics Chemistry Earth Science |
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| Blackbody Spectrum Simulation Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Adv UG-Intro |
HW | Physics | |
| 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 | HS MS |
Other | Biology Chemistry Physics |
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| Climate Change - Gas | The EduChange Team | UG-Intro HS |
Discuss Guided Lab |
Earth Science Physics Other Chemistry |
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| Greenhouse Effect Worksheet | Joshua Tan | UG-Intro HS |
HW Guided Lab |
Earth Science Astronomy 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 | HS MS |
Discuss Guided |
Earth Science | ||
| Guided Activity - Greenhouse Effect | Timothy Kerr | UG-Intro HS |
HW Lab Guided |
Physics Earth Science Astronomy |
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| Climate Change - The Gas Phase | The EduChange Team | HS MS UG-Intro |
Guided Discuss Lab |
Biology Earth Science Chemistry |
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| Greenhouse Gases and Their Effect on Earth's Climate | Nathan Quarderer | UG-Intro | Lab Discuss HW Guided |
Earth Science | ||
| 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 MS HS |
Guided | Earth Science | ||
| NGSS Simulation Alignment/Correlation | Matthew Huffine | UG-Intro MS HS K-5 |
Demo Other |
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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 | HS MS |
Lab | Earth Science | ||
| 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 Earth Science Physics Chemistry |
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| EFECTO INVERNADERO (JAVA) | FRANCISCO CRUZ CANTU | HS | Lab Guided HW Demo |
Biology Physics Chemistry |
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| Greenhouse Effect Guided Worksheet (traducción al español) | Ana W. Santiago Figueroa | MS | Guided Lab |
Earth Science |
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