CONTENTS

The following resources can be used as stand alone pages or used in the sequence given. They are intended to assist students to understand the background science of climate change at Stage 3 level. The pages mainly contain graphics and data for interpretation and explanation.

1. Our planet

2. Weather and climate

3. Australian climates

4. Measuring temperature

5. Measuring rainfall

6. Measuring wind speed and direction

7. Identifying clouds

8. Sunlight

9. World temperature

10. Seasons

11. The atmosphere

12. Atoms and molecules

13. The air we breathe

14. How greenhouses work

15. Natural greenhouse effect

16. Human enhanced greenhouse effect

17. Water and climate change

18. Water and heat energy

19. Ocean currents

20. East Australia Current

21. Water as a solvent

22. Evaporation

23. Condensation

24. The water cycle

25. Plants and animals

26. Past Climate change

27. Tree ring evidence

28. How is our climate changing?