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Title Greenhouse Gas Lab
Description Guided inquiry activity which scaffolds students' thinking about the greenhouse effect. This lab requires students to analyze the behavior of infrared light and sunlight with and without greenhouse gases present. At the end of the activity, students write a scientific explanation/ prediction of "what would the effect on surface temperature be if greenhouse gases continued to increase beyond 2020 levels? " © 2023 Logan Whitley. Some rights reserved. Work may be shared, adapted, and reproduced but for non-commercial use only.
Subject Earth Science
Level High School, Middle School
Type Discussion Prompts, Guided Activity, Lab
Duration 90 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords Absorb, Celsius, Emit, Greenhouse Gases, Infrared, Light, Reflect, Sunlight, Temperature, ppb, ppm
Simulation(s) Greenhouse Effect (HTML5)


Author(s) Logan Whitley
School / Organization Bullard-Havens THS
Date submitted 23/04/27
Date updated 23/04/27