Investigating Climate Change at the Macroscopic and Microscopic Level A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines.





Title Investigating Climate Change at the Macroscopic and Microscopic Level
Description Learning goals: Discover some causes and effects of increasing global temperature, determine the environmental factors that affect the motion and size of glaciers, explain how greenhouse gases influence the temperature of the Earth.
Subject Earth Science
Level High School, Middle School
Type Lab
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords climate, climate change, glaciers, global temperature, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, temperature
Simulation(s) Glaciers, The Greenhouse Effect


Author(s) Amy Rouinfar
Contact Email amyrou.phet@gmail.com
School / Organization PhET
Date submitted 3/18/15
Date updated 3/18/15