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Phil and Sue Fight Global Warming
Global Warming Facts for Kids, Global Warming Facts for Kids, Global Warming Experiment for KidsAbout Phil and Sue
We're all going to burn up. The ice will melt in Antarctica and the Arctic. The waters will cover all of the United States.
Sue - We'll have to grow fins and swim in the sea. Maybe your folks will buy that houseboat they talked about.
Phil - Joe would fit right in. He looks like a fish already.
Sue - Shhh. Here comes Mrs. Blake. She'll get us for talking too loud.
Mrs. Blake - What is going on? I can hear you all the way across the room. I should never have let the two of you get together.
Sue - I'm sorry Mrs. Blake. But it won't matter anyway. Blake - What are you talking about?
Phil - It's called global warming. We'll never be able to go out to recess again.
Mrs. Blake - I think since you guys know so much about this, I'm assigning you to prepare a Special Report on global warming. You can present it to the class in two weeks (SHE WALKS AWAY).
Sue - You and your big mouth.
Phil - You started it.
Sue - No, you started it.
Mrs. Blake (over her shoulder) I don't care who started it. You can't stay away from each other. Well now you're going to finish it together.
Phil and Sue looked each other and threw up their hands.
Phil and Sue - Let's do it!
Sue- Let's write a lesson plan. And we'll make our presentation in the form of a lesson.
Phil - That's a fantastic idea. We'll teach a lesson just like Mrs. Blake would.
Sue- Shouldn't we tell her what we are going to do? She thinks we are going to just get up and talk.
Phil - She said to report what we found. She didn't say how to report it. We'll make handouts and charts just like she does.
Sue - Right, and we'll make a test and hand out fill-ins just like a class.
Phil - This is going to be great.
The two worked for hours. They planned the lesson. What they would say . They rehearsed giving the lesson. The prepared the handouts. They prepared and took the quiz they developed themselves They prepared a poster like one of the one they had in their class he calls.
THE GREAT DAY COMES
6. carbon sequestration
7. climate change
8. greenhouse effect
9. carbon dioxide
10. oxygen
11. air pollution
12. Photosynthesis
13. SUV
14. Soccer Mom
Sue - Take a look at these two pictures of our earth and how the air circulates. Can't you see the air goes all around the earth. Air we breathe out in Arizona can end up over Brazil. I read that last century a volcano called Krakatoa erupted and people could hardly see for five years all over the United States. It caused crop failures in our Midwest. Did you know that when the meteorite came that destroyed the dinosaurs, the sun did not shine for five years? All over the earth from one meteor fall. What happens anywhere in the air affects the whole earth's air.
Phil - Remember the air movement is what ends up as our weather.
Phil and Sue Fight Global Warming
Myth. While it is true that the government should try to protect the planet from further damage, there should be no rush on our legislators. The effects of global warming haven't reached the point where extinction should be feared. According to scientists, the government can wait until the year 2020 to cut on emissions, that is, if they want to wait until that year.
5. This next myth could be attributed to humankind's denial of global warming. People say that global warming is not true because winters are much colder than what they use to be. Although more and more people are bundling up during the winter season, this does not erase the scientific fact that the earth's surface is warmer now than in the previous years. But then again, there is no cause for panic.
Global Warming Facts for Kids, Global Warming Experiment for Kids, Global Warming Facts for KidsAbout Phil and Sue
Phil and Sue are two young soccer players who live in Arizona. They live in Maricopa County. One day Phil went outside in November. In November it gets cool in Arizona. But today it was still very hot. He wanted to play outside with Sue. Sue lived next door. They were best friends. They played on the same soccer team. They had always lived next door to each other. They did everything together. They told each other secrets. They fought together when a bad kid moving into the neighborhood. Joe was his name,. He tried to beat up Sue. How can we do anything here in Arizona that would stop global warming.
Phil - The first thing we have to do is see that we are living in one world The air circulates over the whole planet. When the weather changes off South America it makes it our weather reacts here in the United States. The hurricanes that come to the Caribbean all come off the coast of Africa. We are all living on the same planet. What we do to the air in Arizona affects the air in Japan or in Brazil. And the weather comes from the air.
Sue - We learned a lot about carbon emissions when we were doing our research. Carbon emission is the carbon dioxide we are putting into the air. That is called emitting carbon. To emit means to send out, release or give off. Like when we breathe, we emit carbon dioxide into the air. When we run our cars , we emit carbon dioxide. When we run our factories to make products, we emit carbon dioxide. When we burn anything we cause carbon dioxide to be emitted.
Phil - So if we can find a way to walk or ride a bicycle instead of driving our car we still emit carbon dioxide, but lots less. Driving in carpools with lots of people means we emit less gas than when each of us drives alone. And now they are making cars that emit less carbon dioxide.
Sue - Sounds cool and lots of fun. And planting trees is the best way to offset carbon emission.
Janie - And if you can't travel to Honduras you can still plant trees. They have a program where if you donate your old soccer gear - like the old cleats or uniforms in your garage or closet, the kids in Honduras will plant the trees for you.
Friday, May 27, 2011
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