Step+1+Introduction

Introduce Global Warming


 * Engage:** Explain to students that they will be studying global warming, its causes and effects, and efforts to reduce global warming. Go over project guidelines, expectations, rubrics, etc.

**Students:** Please view the following video on Global Warming: []


 * Activate Prior Knowledge:** Create a list of the academic vocabulary essential for this part of the project: global warming, climate zones, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, and climate change. Have students break into groups and assign each group the responsibility of explaining these terms to the rest of the class. Spend five minutes discussing one or two of the words and their definitions each day. Keep track on the wall of how many times students use the vocabulary words correctly. Be sure to use each of the words daily.

**Students:** View a tutorial about the greenhouse effect: []

**Students:** Take the global warming quiz: []

**Students:** Please fill out the survey when you complete the quiz [|https://docs.google.com/a/bettendorf.k12.ia.us/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dE5FMjJrcjVVd1VtRko2Q2RmMmFZZ1E6MQ#gid=0] media type="custom" key="11039230"


 * Build Context:** Explain to your students that they will share their learning journey on the wiki as they learn about concerns and strategies about global warming that occur in that country. Students will be workin in pairs.