CO₂ and Climate Change

• This chapter of the Our Climate Our Future series explains greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, historic carbon dioxide levels, and the negative effects of climate change that disproportionately affect vulnerable communities.
• There is a video, worksheet, and five articles included in this chapter.
  

Positives

• The readings cover topics mentioned in the video, such as using ice cores to understand the history of Earth's climate, how climate change causes the water cycle to change, isotopes, and historic carbon dioxide levels.

Additional Prerequisites 

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Differentiation

• Science classes could use these materials when discussing atoms, molecules, the atmosphere, isotopes, the greenhouse effect, the water cycle, or the carbon cycle.
• Social studies classes could discuss the effects of climate change on various communities and groups of people who will be (and already are) negatively affected by climate change.
  
• Other resources on this topic include this experiment, this video about coral reefs, and this NASA resource.
  

The video explains the concept of the greenhouse effect. There is no contradiction in the content, except that the narrative, "farmers in Africa are suffering from major droughts" appears exaggerated. Thus, specific locations should have been mentioned where these farmers face the major droughts, as it is scientifically impossible for every farmer in Africa to suffer droughts. This resource is recommended for teaching.