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Simple Climate Models That Can Be Used in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education

Year: 2024

Type: article

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.

Source: Journal of Chemical Education

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00541

Authors: Timothy G. Harrison, Michael T. Davies-Coleman, Alison C. Rivett, M. Anwar H. Khan, Joyce D. Sewry, Magdalena Wajrak, Nicholas M. Barker, Jonny Furze, Sophie D. Franklin, Linda Sellou, Naomi K. R. Shallcross, Dudley E. Shallcross

Institutions: University of Bristol, University of the Western Cape, Rhodes University, Edith Cowan University, University of Warwick, Primary Science Teaching Trust, National University of Singapore

Language: English

Topic: Science Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,500

Funders: Sight Research UK, Royal Society of Chemistry, Rhodes University, National University of Singapore, Edith Cowan University, Primary Science Teaching Trust, EDF Energy, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council, H2020 Environment

Awards: G1192135328, G1306696223, G1385257888, G1589325670, G1810057637, G2134709410, Laboratory and modelling studies of the reactions of peroxy radicals with XO (where X = Cl, Br or I)., G2601589264, G3203789304, Using the UK Air quality archive in Primary Schools, G3726461688, EXTREME EVENTS: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTION, Laboratory studies of Criegee radical reactions, G411756297, G4321386713, G4382094506, The tropospheric photochemistry of formaldehyde, Isoprene oxidation and OH recycling, Kinetic Studies of Reactive Intermediates from the Oxidation of Atmospheric Alkenes, ASSURE: Across-Scale processeS in URban Environments, Urban oxidising capacity measurements using inert and reactive tracers, G507360751, G560654022, G5624960299, G5926274961, Gas phase studies of the kinetics of Criegee Intermediates, G735781532, G7364453303, G7409094411, G8426845682

OpenAlex ID: W4402032601

FWCI: 2.581

Cites: 15

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10