HOTTER THAN

EVER
GREEN HOUSE EFFECT
GROUP MEMBER
 Scientific
Explanation
Greenhouse effects
• Sunlight enters the Earth's atmosphere,
passing through the blanket of greenhouse
gases. As it reaches the Earth's surface, land,
water, and biosphere absorb the sunlight’s
energy. Once absorbed, this energy is sent
back into the atmosphere. Some of the
energy passes back into space, but much of it
remains trapped in the atmosphere by the
greenhouse gases, causing our world to heat
up.
• The greenhouse effect is the rise in
temperature that the Earth experiences
because certain gases in the atmosphere
(water vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide,
and methane, for example) trap energy from
the sun.
• The glass panels of the greenhouse let in light
but keep heat from escaping
• if the greenhouse effect becomes stronger, it
could make the Earth warmer than usual. Even
a little extra warming may cause problems for
humans, plants, and animals.
 ENGAGE
~ Ice Melting ~
 Nowadays ice keep on melting at the Arctic
that caused the rising of sea level. These
three pictures show the effect of ice
melting throughout the year .

• Distinguish the differences between those

three pictures.
• In your opinion, why ice melting occur?
 EMPOWER
Materials:
1 Jar or other see-through container
Data logger with heat sensor
Sunlamp or access to a sunny area
to perform the experiment

Instructions
• 1) Place the both heat sensor in the sunlight for a few minutes to let them
get warm.
• 2) Record the initial readings of the sensor in a table.
• 3) Place 1 of the sensor under the jar. The other sensor is put exposed
directly to the sunlight which act as control.
• 4) After 33 minutes, stop the data logger and get the results.
• 5) Tabulate the result in table and graph form.
 Time (second) Inside the beaker Outside the beaker
0 41.826
45.477
50 45.579 41.826

R
100 45.579 41.927
150 45.579 41.927
200 45.68 41.927
250 45.68 41.927
300 45.68 42.13

E
350 45.68 42.13
400 45.68 42.13
450 45.68 42.13
500 45.781 42.231
550 45.68 42.231

S
600 45.781 42.231
650 45.781 42.333
700 45.781 42.333
750 45.883 42.333
800 45.883 42.333
850 45.883 42.333

U
900 45.883 42.434
950 45.883 42.333
1000 45.883 42.333
1050 45.883 42.434
1100 45.883 42.434

L
1150 45.984 42.434
1200 45.984 42.434
1250 45.984 42.434
1300 45.984 42.434
1350 45.984 42.434
1400 45.984 42.434

T
1450 45.984 42.434
1500 45.984 42.434
1550 45.984 42.434
1600 45.984 42.434
1650 45.984 42.536
1700 45.984 42.536
1750 45.984 42.434
1800 45.984 42.434
1850 45.984 42.333
1900 45.984 42.231
1950 45.984 42.130
2000 45.984 42.029
 Temperature (0C) RESULT

Time (s)
 DISCUSSION

• What can you see about the pattern of both graph ?

Interpret the data given.
• Compare the changes of temperature from the initial
reading to the last reading between both location.
• What can you conclude about the purpose of this
experiment? How they relate to each other?
• Do the environment affect the temperature?
 ENHANCE

Over 1 million fish and thousands of alligators, turtles, dolphins and

other river wildlife are floating dead in numerous Bolivian rivers in the
three eastern/southern departments of Santa Cruz, Beni and Tarija.
The extreme cold front that hit Bolivia in mid-July caused water
temperatures to dip below the minimum temperatures river life can
tolerate. As a consequence, rivers, lakes, lagoons and fisheries are
brimming with decomposing fish and other creatures.
 Explanation
• Most scientists believe greenhouse gases,
including carbon dioxide that is released
mainly from vehicles and utility smokestacks,
cause global warming by trapping solar heat in
the atmosphere. Many believe global warming
can lead to catastrophic consequences,
including raising sea levels and strengthening
weather events such as hurricanes.
• One Arctic variation, known as Arctic Oscillation, an atmospheric
circulation pattern that can push sea ice out of the area, had become
less of an influence in the region since the mid-1990s, the report said.
• Inuit hunters, threatened by the melting of Arctic ice, plan to file a
petition in December accusing the United States of violating their
human rights by fuelling global warming. The Bush Administration has
opted out of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
• The Inuit number about 155,000 in Canada, Alaska, Greenland and
Russia.
• Scientists say the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the globe
because water or bare earth, once uncovered, soaks up more heat
than ice and snow. That process means melting can spur even warmer
temperatures and more melting.
•Video on Extreme Cold Temperature tha
t kill 6 million fishes, 1000 of alligators a
nd dolphins.
 Unique features
1) Data logger can immediately interpret data
during the experiment. It is a real time
operation. Student can immediately see the
changes occur during the time.
2) Student can manage to see the small changes
of temperature up to 0.01 degree celcius. On
the same time student would be able to
record the results in every 50 second. So, it is
more accurate than using thermometer.
3) This experiment require two temperature
sensor that link directly to the same data
logger. We can see the differences of
temperature in two different location at the
same time.
THANK YOU!!!!