Lesson plan

Slides 1-5

Introduction to the Greenhouse effect and a little bit of background information and history.

Slides 6-9

Introduction to electromagnetic waves.

Slides 10-13

Blackbody radiators

Slides 14-15

Radiation and the Earth’s atmosphere

Slides 16-19

Demo 1 and Demo 2

Slides 20-29

Absorption Spectrum

Slides 30-41

Warming of the Earth, what’s happening, and what we can do to slow it down.