Zakia D. Parrish, Ph.D.
Textbooks
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.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/howdo.html. - This is the National Climatic Data Center's website on paleoclimatology and its use in assessing global warming.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/ - This is a US EPA website for children that explains global warming and climate change. It provides a vocabulary list and animations for the greenhouse effect and global warming.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,1113542,00.html - This is a TIME magazine website for kids that provides science articles and interviews on global warming.
