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Weather and Climate for Teachers
2011 Summer Teacher's Course
Day 1
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Session 1: Energy & Radiation
- Engage, Explore, Explain
- Forms of energy / Energy toys,
Energy transfers & transformations,
Conservation of energy
- Hot objects emit radiation: Feel the Heat,
Thermal radiation: Demonstrations,
Thermal radiation: Using to measure temperature,
Radiation as a means of energy transfer: Thermal images,
Radiation as a means of energy transfer: Color and cooling
- combined PDF file from Little Shop
of Physics
- Extend
- Follow the Energy & Planetary Energy Balance,
PPT |
PDF
Session 2: Radiation and Seasons
- Different Voices
- Engage, Explore, Explain
- Rainbow glasses (spectrum), rainbow glasses and filters (transmission
/ absorption),
Sunset eggs,
Near IR goggles,
Near infrared vs. thermal,
Writing with light,
Sunburn beads,
Spectrum recap: Infrared Insects: Filters, different bulbs
- combined PDF file from Little Shop
- Explain
- Electromagnetic waves & energy,
Spectrum of emitted radiation,
Angles, gradients and seasons
- Part 1,
PPT |
PDF
- Part 2,
PPT |
PDF
- Extend
- Angle variation with insects,
Solar cells and basketball / measure current vs. angle, see how angle
affects current,
Peak of radiation vs. Peak of temperature
- Full presentation
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