L1>L3 - Climate Change: Causes of Climate Change (IB Geography)

A bundle of 3 lessons aimed at covering the causes of climate change for 16-18 year olds on the IB Diploma (or A-Level) course. The lesson is ‘flipped’ and contains all the theory you need in a student friendly way for them to complete before the lesson. The lessons are designed to be easy to use and no prior knowledge of the subject is needed.

**Key Questions:
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1. What is the atmosphere?
2. What is the global energy balance / budget?
3. What are the variety of greenhouse gasses?

**Key Concepts:
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1. Anthropogenic climate change
2. Global Warming Potential (to help explain the warming potential of the gases)
3. Positive & Negative Feedback Loops
4. Albedo Effect, Permafrost
5. Solar Cycles
6. Orbital (Milankovic) Cycles
7. Global Dimming
8. Spheres of the Earth
9. The Atmosphere + Energy Balance
10. Shortwave & Longwave Radiation
11. The Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gases

These resources take a lot of time to pull together so please do leave a review if they’ve helped you out in the classroom. Equally, any problems, please let TES know and I’ll try to be of assistance :)

Happy teaching!

@GeoMasterRes