Introduction
Module 1 "Climate Science Basics"
is the first module of a
short-course series titled Climate Insights 101
that has been developed by the Pacific Insititue for Climate
Solutions. (Note that this institue is located in British
Columbia, Canada and occasionally the tutorial will refer
to locations in "BC" to illustrate a point.)
To begin . . . View the
INTRODUCTION. <=== click here and
go through items 10-17 in the Introduction
before moving on to I-1 (Lesson
1) below. (If you like, feel free to go through the
entire Introduction to learn more about the people who developed
this series of modules.)
I-1 Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse
Effect (Lesson 1)
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By the end of this lesson, participants will
be able to:
- explain the greenhouse effect and its
global impact
- name and describe the relative
importance of each of the major greenhouse gases
- describe how “water vapour feedback”
impacts global warming, and
- explain the difference between incoming
solar and outgoing infrared radiation
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Click here to take:
LESSON 1
(lesson takes about 25 minutes)
Question #1 also asks you to review this video shown in
class:
On
Trend & Variation
1-1
ASSIGNMENT
(worth 20 pts)
For I -1 you will be typing in short answers to a series of questions about the
information in Module 1's Introduction and Lesson 1 on the I-1 Answer Form below.
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CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM:
I-1 ANSWER FORM
(docx format)
The Dropbox Deadline is no later
than
Friday
Sep 11th before midnight (cutoff is 11:59 pm)
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One
QUESTION you should be thinking
about while watching the Introduction and Lesson 1
What new idea, fact or concept was covered
in
either the Introduction
or Lesson 1 that you
didn’t know before, were
unclear about, or which gave you a new or deeper insight about
something you already knew?
On the Answer Form you will be asked to:
· (a)
Accurately
describe
this new idea, fact or concept
· (b) Include a
quote from the lesson that is related to
your new insight
Hint: To transcribe a quote, click on the NOTES
button to see the script for a slide:
