Fact-Finding Team
Global Warming
The mission of your group is to
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Find the answers to the questions listed below. You
may use books, periodical resources, the Internet or
the Antarctica: 90 Degrees South video titled Winter?
Summer? How Can You Tell? about the weather and seasons
of the continent.
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Make a presentation of your findings to the class.
You may use whatever media you choose for your presentation.
Think about how YOU learn best.
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Make a handout of the important
findings of your group to distribute to the rest of
the class. Be sure to cite
your sources.
Questions —
Global Warming
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What is global warming?
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What are greenhouse gases?
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How are they produced?
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Are they currently increasing, decreasing or staying
the same?
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Are greenhouse gases good or bad for the earth and life
on it?
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What could happen if the greenhouse gases increased/decreased
to the life in Antarctica?
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Can greenhouse gases be controlled by us?
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What conclusions can you draw?
Resources
Global Warming Facts & Our
Future
http://www.koshlandsciencemuseum.org/exhibitgcc/index.jsp
Is Antarctica melting because of Global Warming
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/FAQs/faq_02.html
Global Warming Kids Site
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/
World View of Global Warming
http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org
NOVA Warnings from the
Ice
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/warnings
What's Up with the Weather? PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/
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