Zakia D. Parrish, Ph.D.
Textbooks
Abbott, P.L. Natural Disasters. McGraw-Hill. pp 242-271. 2004. - Chapter on climate change provides details on each of greenhouse gases and history of the atmospheres on Earth, Venus and Mars.
Wysession. Frank. Yancopoulos. Physical Science: Concepts in Action. Prentice Hall. pp 745-784. 2004. - This is the current textbook used in the ninth grade Physical Chemistry course at my school. The chapter on the Earth's atmosphere provides background information on climate, weather, and the fate of solar energy.
Websites
http://www.unitedstreaming.com - This United Streaming site provides a variety of video clips and teacher resources on this and many science topics.
http://epa.gov.climatechange/basicinfo.html. - This US EPA site provides great detail on greenhouse gases and their effect on climate.
http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/downloads/2007GHGFastFacts.pdf. - This US EPA site provides the greenhouse gas emissions data between 1990 and 2005 needed for the graphing exercise (activity 2).
http://media.nasaexplores.com/lessons/02-011/9-12_2.pdf. - This website provided the materials and procedure for the carbon dioxide lab (activity 4) as well as several activities developed by the NASA Explores program.
