Resources for teachers on teaching climate science in Science for Public Understanding from CPDN, University of Oxford.
Science for Public Understanding
These materials provide many opportunities for independent research and for the application of ‘Ideas about Science’ within the ‘Science for Public Understanding’ specification.
Global warming and climate change are topics which link together the earlier topics on ‘Using Fuels and Electricity Supply’ with ‘Radiation’. They provide opportunities to use almost all the ‘Ideas about Science’.
| Title and Description | Notes |
|---|---|
| Introduction for Teachers | Teachers’ notes (pdf, 90 KB) |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Discussion exercise & lesson plan (rtf, 10 KB) Can be used with or without class internet access. |
| Simple Climate Model | Teachers’ notes (pdf, 140 KB) Calculator / Excel versions |
| Students’ notes Spreadsheet version (pdf, 120 KB) | |
| Worksheet Excel version (xls, 14 KB) | |
| Worksheet Calculator version (pdf, 100 KB) | |
| Earth’s energy budget | Teachers’ notes Presentation (pdf, 80 KB) |
| Presentation (pdf, 120 KB) | |
| Why is carbon dioxide so important? Examining the evidence | Teachers’ notes Presentation (pdf, 110 KB) |
| Presentation (pdf, 620 KB) | |
| CPDN results so far | Teachers’ notes (pdf, 110 KB) Does not require the CPDN model to be running |
| Analysis exercise (pdf, 300 KB) Does not require the CPDN model to be running |