http://netvouz.com/pdboyer/tag/change?feed=rss pdboyer's bookmarks tagged "change" on Netvouz http://www.nasa.gov/251569main_jpl-jason2-pod.MP3 Jason 2 to map the height of the oceans now and over time. Beach erosion, fisheries, oil companies and other various industries are very interested in these data. Power plants use sea water for cooling, so care about its temperature. pdboyer Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:07:41 GMT http://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=carbon-capture-storage-ccs Scientific American did an in-depth study of CCS and has melded all their resources on the subject in one place. pdboyer Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:47:32 GMT http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/evidence presents many lines of reasoning to support the reality of global climate change; great images and graphics pdboyer Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:25:37 GMT http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Coll_kimhandle/Lesson7AmazingAlbedo Different materials absorb and reflect different amounts of energy. A dark rock will quickly absorb and not reflect much light energy where as ice will reflect a lot of light and not absorb very much. Man made materials versus natural materials have different absorptions and reflections as well. Ice is naturally reflective along with certain types of clouds. Rock and other dark materials absorb more energy than lighter materials. Rough materials absorb more energy than smooth materials. This lesson has students collect data on differing materials pdboyer Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:08:37 GMT http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?chapselect=yo&page=145&record_id=11186&Jump+to+Specified+Page.x=0&Jump+to+Specified+Page.y=0 Targeting administrative or legislative bodies for receiving scientific information that will inform decision making--meet early, meet often, and have a rapport pdboyer Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:03:58 GMT http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/falsasum.html Little deceptive problem stories are presented to the class, and students are challenged to solve each problem by asking only yes/no questions. The key is for students to recognize what the False Assumption is that makes the solution tricky, and that many common problems are difficult to solve because we tend to assume a particular paradigm. Things are not always what they seem! Science is a way to work around or through those false assumptions. PRINCIPAL CONCEPT Scientific knowledge is contingent and subject to modification. ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS Science contains an element of uncertainty. ASSESSABLE OBJECTIVES Students will.... 1. related insights from this activity to their personal lives. 2. be unable to solve thought problems because of false a pdboyer Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:51:12 GMT http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/Eyes/eyes.html Play the interactive game metropolis to find the 10 biggest cities in the world based on their carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere above them. Interactive Whiteboard pdboyer Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:37:49 GMT http://greenopolis.com pdboyer Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:53:37 GMT http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19526141.600-huge-sea-level-rises-are-coming--unless-we-act-now.html?full=true James Hansen heads NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. A physicist and astronomer by training, he began his career studying the clouds on Venus. Since the late 1970s he has been studying and modelling the human impact on Earth's climate, and has published more than 100 papers. He entered the public spotlight in the 1980s with his outspoken testimony to congressional committees on climate change. Last year he made headlines when he spoke out against attempts by the US administration to gag climate scientists. pdboyer Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:37:37 GMT http://www.ipcc.ch/index.htm IPCC home of Assessment Reports 1-4 (latest 2007) on climate change/global warming pdboyer Mon, 18 May 2009 00:46:35 GMT