Abstract

Climate change is of great concern to all age groups but in particular to children. “Simple” climate models have been in place for a long time and can be used effectively with post-16 students. For younger children, modifications are required, and we describe in this paper the development and use of two such models. The first (the Granny Model) is a pictorial version of the model that has been used extensively with primary and early secondary school aged children (14 and younger). The second is an online version of the simple climate model that can be used without recourse to the underpinning mathematics and science but allows children to experiment with changing variables and how these changes affect the average surface temperature of the Earth.

RAS ID

71907

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

1-1-2024

Volume

101

Issue

10

Funding Information

European Commission / Natural Environment Research Council (2021EDIE011, NE/J009008/1, NE/K004905/1, NE/E005268/1, NE/W002922/1, NER/A/S/2003/00374, NE/D001498/1, NE/I014381/1, NE/K01501 X/1, NE/P013104/1) / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/T018933/1) / Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (101003469)

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School of Science

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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ACS

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Harrison, T. G., Davies-Coleman, M. T., Rivett, A. C., Khan, M. A. H., Sewry, J. D., Wajrak, M., ... & Shallcross, D. E. (2024). Simple climate models that can be used in primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Journal of Chemical Education, 101(10), 4528-4532. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00541

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10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00541