Webquest

Station 1

 

Video clip – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SulM31nqaKw

 

Read – http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120920-yellowstone-supervolcano-prediction-volcanoes-science-environment/

 

Read – http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/30/us/wus-supervolcanoes-yellowstone

 

If it erupts… - http://www.nbcnews.com/id/49037141/ns/technology_and_science/t/yellowstones-supervolcano-where-lava-likely-erupt/

 

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/supervolcano/

 

Do we have options? – http://www.pbs.org/wbgh/nova/earth/surviving-a-supereruption.html

 

http://www.wordforteens.com/2011/08/guest-post-what-you-need-to-survive.html

 

Station 2

 

What is Ozone – http://www.airinfonow.org/html/ed_ozone.html

 

http://www.research.noaa.gov/climate/t_ozonelayer.html

 

http://www.weatherquestions.com/What_is_the_ozone_layer.htm

 

Where – http://www.research.noaa.gov/climate/t_ozonelayer.html

 

video

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2222949/The-hole-Ozone-layer-shrinks-second-smallest-decades-size-North-America.html

 

What’s the big deal? – http://nytimes.com/2012/07/27/science/earth/strong-storms-threaten-ozone-layer-over-us-study-says.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/ozone-history.html

 

Antarctica melting? – http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index/cfm/go/news/display/id/24402

 

http://www.theage.com.au/national/antarctic-melt-rate-up-and-rising-20121225-2bv42.html

 

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/20100108_Is_Antarctica_melting.html

 

So what if Antarctica melts, nobody lives there anyway . . . right?

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/antarctica-melting-47040602

and

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104133389

and

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/06/antarctic-ice-melt-would-shift-earths-axis-further-changing-sea-level/

 

Is there anything else to worry about?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104133389

and

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/30/775211/what-do-methane-deposits-in-the-antarctic-and-arctic-mean-for-the-climate/?mobile=nc

and

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0514-03.htm

 

Think about this:

1.        As the ice melts, releasing methane and oxygen consuming microbes, the amount of oxygen in sea water will decrease. Sea creatures will find it increasingly difficult to “breathe” at deep levels and will be forced into shallower water.

2.        Some species will not adapt and will become extinct.  Since much of the world’s population consumes fish as a diet staple, how much of a problem might this be?

3.        Other stronger species will adapt, but they will change their range.  Sharks, for example, might swim closer to shallow beaches. Is this a problem?

4.        The entire ecosystem of the ocean would likely change.  How would this affect humans?

 

Can we do anything about the hole in the ozone…?

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/air/ozonlayr.htm

and

http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/airpage.nsf/webpage/Repairing+The+Ozone+Layer

…and do we want to?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100125192016.htm

So, what can I do – or what should I do?

http://tiki.oneworld.net/global_warming/climate9.html

and

http://www.c2es.org/science-impacts/basics/kids

and

http://www.climateactionnow.org/global-warming-for-kids.html

and

http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/27-things-you-can-do-stop-global-warming

and

http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/science/Top_ways_to_save_the_poles.htm