Nopenhagen? (Blog #10)

Many concerned citizens and scientists around the world are dismayed by the outcomes of December's multi-national climate summit.  The podcast this week looks back at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference and the outcomes of the meetings.

After listening to this podcast, respond to the prompt below:

Imagine you are the President of the United States;  what would you pledge the United States to do to combat climate change and promote energy sustainability?

Bonus Points for second response:  Read the news article below and answer the prompt in red.
Obama's reaction to the Copenhagen Climate Conference
Watch the video and read the article associated with the link above.  What is your reaction to the presidents words about the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference?

Using Wolfram Alpha Data Search Engine (Blog #9)

Part of the Climate Change website project requires you to include data from Wolfram Alpha.  Wolfram Alpha is a great website filled with data related to any and all branches of science.  Try searching for your name, birth date or other significant date or fact.

Here is a sample set of data from Wolfram Alpha concerning global greenhouse gas emissions.  You could break this down further and search for: US greenhouse gas emissions or Russian greenhouse gas emissions.

PROMPT:
In the comments, respond by telling us what data you discovered and where you plan, or have used this, on your website.

Responding to An Inconvenient Truth using VoiceThread

1.  You will need to set up a VoiceThread account, use your Gmail account for this.

2.  Go to the link http://voicethread.com/share/810722/ and listen to my prompt (it is the same as the one I gave you on paper)

3.  Record your response after writing a rough draft by answering the questions.

Have fun,
Mr. Murray

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RealClimate and RealCLimate wiki

Hey class, I found a site filled with information regarding inaccuracies in the media concerning climate change.  Click on the links below to navigate to the site.

 RealClimate.org

RealClimate wiki

Tools for Your Website

http://sites.google.com/site/murraybiology/I have decided to post some information about various, free online tools to improve your website.

1. Wix - using this site you can create cool flash animations for your website

2.  Bannersketch - use this site to create a banner (like the one below, for the top of any page in your website.

Click here to see Mr. Murray's google site for Spring 2010 Biology

3.  Bubbleply- upload videos from Youtube or Google and add information, pitures or video to annotate/narrate them.

How do we know about past climates? Blog #8

The study of pre-historic climates, or paleontology, includes investigating tree rings, ice core samples from glaciers, fossils, mud, water and much more.  From this data we can reconstruct a picture of past climate history.  Respond to the prompt below:

Pick a website below and read a little about paleoclimatology, if the material from the website is way over your head, use Wikipedia or Youtube for some information to respond to this prompt.  Once complete with your research write 5-7 sentences about your research and identify the information you find most interesting.

Coral Evidence of Climate
Glacial Ice Core Samples
Sea Sediments (mud)
Tree Rings
Photo Evidence
Fossils and much more
.....haven't found anything yet?  Click here then.

Farmscrapers? Like a skyscraper farm? (Blog #7)

Check out this new, intriguing and sustainable building known as a farmscraper.  Imagine a city skyline sporting vertical farms in urban areas, check out this article to see the potential benefits and proposed consequences of farmscrapers.  Article is here.

After reading the article, respond to this prompt:  What is your initial reaction to this concept?  Do you believe this to be beneficial for humans and responsible for the environment?  What potential problems do you see with vertical farming in urban areas?

Check out Katelynn and Na's blog

As part of their water-use project, Katelynn and Na have developed a Littleton Water Usage blog at the following address: http://www.littletonwaterusage.blogspot.com/

They are asking for people to visit the website and comment on one of the four sections in any way they would like.  Please feel free to comment by making suggestions on how to improve their website or in relation to the content of each blog post.

If you have any questions, see Katelynn or Na during class.