Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Journal of Chemical Education
Volume
101
Issue
10
First Page
4528
Last Page
4532
Publisher
ACS
School
School of Science
RAS ID
71907
Funders
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)
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.
DOI
10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00541
Creative Commons License
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Comments
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