Mapping the IPCC onto the Curriculum
Atmosphere: Energy
Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, causing it to warm.
IPCC Summary for Policymakers (SPM) content
A.1.1 Observed increases in well-mixed greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations since around 1750 are unequivocally caused by human activities…
A.1.2 Each of the last four decades has been successively warmer than any decade that preceded it since 1850…
Figure SPM.1 History of global temperature change and causes of recent warming.
Science Standards: NGSS SEP, DCI, CC
SEP: Analyzing & Interpreting Data
PS3.A Definitions of energy
PS4.B Electromagnetic radiation
ESS3.D Global climate change
CC: Cause & Effect
CC: Energy & Matter
PRI Climate Resources
Greenhouse Video #1 Seeing (Infra)red
Greenhouse Video #2 Greenhouse in a Beaker