World View of Global Warming, 2002-3

Topic:  Global Warming

Source:  The Blue Earth Alliance, Seattle Washington

Web Address: http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org

Grade Levels:  6-12

Learning Strategies:  Reading comprehension, visual representations and world relations

Frameworks Connections:

Science and Technology/Engineering

·         Earth and Space Science, Grades 6-8

Heat and Transfer in the Earth System

·         Earth and Space Science, Grade 9 or 10

1. Matter and Energy in the Earth System
3. Earth Processes and Cycles

·         Life Sciences, Grades 6-8

Living Things in their Environment
Changes in Ecosystems Over Time

·         Biology, Grades 9-10

6. Ecology

History and Social Sciences, Grade 6

·         History and Geography

Cost:  Online photographs and supplementary readings (free)

Description: Gary Braasch, portrays different parts of the world and how they are affected by global warming in an attempt to understand the concepts involved in global warming. The website includes pictures, supplementary reading, and an interactive map of the world to view different areas affected by global warming. 

Students can click on links for each part of the world to learn more about global warming and the research being performed by scientists to understand its effects. 

Students can also click on thermometers that are scattered throughout the map to view the significant temperature changes documented in recent years. 

Although there is little teacher or student guidance, this site can be used to investigate the ways in which disparate areas of the world are affected by the same problem and the similarities and differences of the effects of global warming in these areas.The website’s creator,