weekend homework

Now we move on to The Changing Global Environment. What better way to begin than by studying the greatest natural disaster to hit America in your lifetime. Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Drowned a City, goes into great detail about what happened in New Orleans just a few short years ago. (The website to accompany the video is here.) As we watch, we'll be having a (graded) virtual discussion via TodaysMeet.

Environment, climate, weather, the greenhouse effect, global warming - these are all pretty complicated terms. On p. 53-55 of our text, you can read a pretty thorough explanation of these concepts. Starting with GLOBAL CLIMATES: An Uncertain Forecast (p. 53), read up to the end of Global Wind Patterns, halfway through p. 55. This should help you understand how climate works.

I would also like you to find at least one website related to global warming. See if you can identify one or two of the issues that people are debating, and identify who is on each side of the debate. Post this information before our next class.

Thanks for a great week, you guys! Enjoy the weekend!