Inquiries in Science® Environmental Science Series - Help your students understand hard-to-grasp science concepts. Using a learning cycle of Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, and Evaluate, each kit features lab activities designed to actively engage students in learning essential science concepts through guided inquiry. Topics addressed by the kits were organized and selected based on data from numerous sources, including the National Research Council's National Science Education Standards, AAAS's Project 2061 Science Benchmarks, NAEP's Science Framework, and state science education standards from across the US.

The Understanding Climate Change Kit includes: Lab supplies plus a teacher’s manual with instructions Background information Reproducible student sheets Common student misconceptions Student questions Extension activities Suggestions for differentiated instruction Suggestions for community action Kit Refill replenishes kit consumables.

• Discover natural and human sources of greenhouse gases
• Investigate how oceans absorb excess carbon dioxide
• Experiment to analyze the effects of carbon dioxide under varying environmental conditions

Grades 9–12. Students explore how all greenhouse gas sources contribute to global climate change. First they discover, through experimentation, how the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide interacts with the atmosphere to contribute to rising global temperatures.

They also investigate the role of the ocean as a carbon sink and how climate change can affect the uptake and sequestration of carbon dioxide.

Finally, students experiment with a carbon dioxide chamber to see the effects under different climate conditions. By altering variables they test their own theories on the connection between this gas and global warming.