CCC - Module II

Module II - Factors that Influence Temperature

Please make sure you are a registered Eco-School, participated in the free training through Wildlife University, and have read through the information on the Getting Started page.

Module II - Factors that Influence Temperature, allows students to better understand that our actions as consumers, as well as how we develop our communities impact earth's energy budget.

Lesson 4: Exploring Land Surface Temperature and Longwave Radiation

• Lesson 4: Is It Getting Hot in Here, or Is It Just Me? 
• CCC Tech Tips
• NASA GISS 10 Temperature Anomaly
• Student: Lesson 4 Excel - Excel's must be downloaded and saved to the desktop otherwise you will lose your data.
• Teacher: Lesson 4 Excel - Identical to the student's Excel, but all data, maps, and graphs are complete; this is your answer key.

Lesson 5: Investigating CO₂ Trends

• Lesson 5: Why All The Wiggling on the Way Up?
• CCC Tech Tips
• Carbon Cycle background information
• Keeling Curve 
• Monthly Troposheric Total Column NO₂
• NDVI - January versus August 2009
• Student: Lesson 5 Excel - Excel's must be downloaded and saved to the desktop otherwise you will lose your data.
• Teacher: Lesson 5 Excel - Identical to the student's Excel, but all data, maps, and graphs are complete; this is your answer key.

Lesson 6: Ice-Albedo Feeback

• Lesson 6: Wherefore Art Thou, Albedo?
• CCC Tech Tips
• Clear-Sky Albedo - March and September 2000
• Student: Lesson 6 Excel - Excel's must be downloaded and saved to the desktop otherwise you will lose your data.
• Teacher: Lesson 6 Excel - Identical to the student's Excel, but all data, maps, and graphs are complete; this is your answer key.

Lesson 7: Quantifying Land Changes Over Time Using Landsat

• Lesson 7: Quantifying Land Changes Over Time Using Landsat
• About the Colors of Landsat Images
• Learning Assessment Record Chart for Teachers
• Tiffs
  • Grid
  • 1991_3_2_1 and 2000_3_2_1
  • 1991_7_4_2 and 2000_7_4_2
• Appendices
  
  • Appendix 1 - Land Cover Key
  • Appendix 2 - About Pervious and Impervious Surfaces
  • Appendix 3 - References for Students and Teachers

Lesson 8: Urbanization and Deforestation

• Lesson 8: Quantifying Land Changes Over Time - Urbanization and Deforestation
• About the Colors of Landsat Images
• Grid
• Change Pairs -NOTE: Here you will find 12 locations that show change over time. These are large . jpeg files and will take time to download.  Time to prepare is highly encouraged. 

Lesson 9: Conceptualizing Module II

• Lesson 9: Conceptualizing Module II - Putting It All Together

I'm ready to move on to Module III - How Climate Change Affects Natural and Human Systems.