Admit Slip: What is an ecosystem? What are they composed of? Do you think they are fragile or fairly stable?
Objective: Students will begin to understand what an ecosystem is composed of so they can better understand the effects of global warming.
Homework: On Thursday night at Vespers the entire school will be watching An Inconvenient Truth. Even if you are a day student, please plan to attend. While you are watching the film take notes on the following things:
1. What are three major themes in the film?
2. What does Al Gore argue the link between temperature and CO2 is?
3. What part of the film had the greatest impact on you?
Bonus Point Opportunity: Post your answer to question #3 on this post. In order to get credit posts must be completed by 8am on Friday 3/30.
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The fact that no scientists say that global warming does not exist. I thought it was controversial.
-Carson M
the most interesting part was that the ocean will increase its height by melting ice and the many part of countries will goes under the ocean.
It was really shocking, because many people will lose their hometown by water and my country, korea can disappear by water, not by the war or disasters.
The part that had the greatest affect on me was when they showed what would happen to the earth if half of Antartica and Greenland melted. Large parts of New York, China, California, and Europe would be destroyed.
-Rachel Rollins
The part of An Inconvenient Truth that struck me the most was the timeline graph of CO2 in our atmosphere. I was always under the impression that CO2 levels were in line with the normal cyclic heating and cooling loop of the earth, not that it was DOUBLE that of any recordable data ever before.
I thought it was interesting seeing the changes in coastline if Greenland / west antarctic melted. Also, was it just me or at about 50 minutes into it, when he was on the plane - did he bring two plants on the airplane? That was interesting.
-Matt M
The scene with the polar bear drowning really hit me because it was the bear essentials of it all; the consequences of all our damage that pushed global warming forward is murdering innocent animals.
The part of the film that had the greatest impact on me was seeing what would happen to florida and NYC if greenland and/or Antarctica melted. 20 extra feet of water makes a huge difference.
~Stephen Gallo
1. The part of the movie that impacted me the most was when Mr. Gore mentioned how if western Antarctica fell, Greenland fell, or half of each fell, the worldwide water level would rise 20 feet. If you think about how these areas have already started melting, it seems as if we may be too late in attempting to stop the fall. The documentary then showed the consequences and what areas of the world would be underwater if this event occurred.
In the movie, An Inconvient Truth, I found the most impacting moment to be the part, where the glasses of water were visualizing the difference between sea-level glaciers and land level glaciers. This visual difference for me was eye-opening, and made me realize that the situation was serious. Although the graphs said everything you didn't want to hear, the realization of things became more clear with visuals such as the glasses of water, and when cities on the map (like Manhattan) were being "put under."
Whitney B. A Block
One part of the movie that hit me the most was towards the end when Al Gore was talking about the American car manufacturers not wanting to build cars that get better gas milage. It was interesting to see that companies like Honda and Toyota, that we building eco-friendly automobiles, were have better sales and making more profit than the American companies (Ford and GM) that were refusing to give in to the hybrid craze of the day. And also that China refuses to sell these gas guzzling American made cars because they do not meet Chinese gas milage standards.
-Nicoya B.
I thought that it was most interesting about the Ocean rising and covering many parts of different continents.
-Alex T.
The things that impact me was when I saw the video of the falling ice into the ocean, and the snow and ice keep getting less in the world. The snow and ice got melted, and it might cover a lot of land.
Bruce C.
The thing that shocked me most was the predicted amount of temperature rise in another 50 years.
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