Occasionally you will find instructions in the Addison Wesley Science 10 textbook that direct you to the Internet for further instructions regarding technology activities. We've developed this Technology Ideas page so that you will always be able to reach safe, reliable resources on the World Wide Web.

Within the following topic subdivisions you will find extra ideas and activities to help students meet the objectives in Alberta's Information and Communication Technology curriculum.

The following Technology Ideas are divided into the three major concepts you will find in the Energy Flow in Global Systems unit. Click below to jump to a particular topic, or simply scroll down this page.

• 1.0: Climate results from interactions among the components of the biosphere
• 2.0: Global systems transfer energy through the biosphere
• 3.0: Changes in global energy transfer could cause climate change, and impact human life and the biosphere

• Interactive Atmosphere Simulator - change the altitude your plane flies and watch the resulting change in atmospheric conditions.
• Interactive Atmosphere - this ozone page has a nice interactive tutorial at the bottom of the page, with review questions included.

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• Skydive from the Stratosphere - a jump from a balloon over 20 KM in the air? Play the interactive simulation to see if you have what it takes.
• Temperature and Altitude activity - using the java-based NASA flight simulation FoilSim II, students can manipulate altitude and read temperatures.

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Climate Timeline - click on the timeline to learn more about the climate at that time.

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• What's Up with the Weather? - a huge site with 4 minute video, and "Your Carbon Diet", and interactive guide to reducing energy consumption.
• ClimatePrediction.net - a global initiative to use personal computing power to predict future climate conditions, and interact with other concerned global citizens.

• Making Waves - manipulate the energy level to discover the changes in wavelength and frequency.
• Let There Be Light - a Pasco lab where light intensity is measured over a 24 hour time span.

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Albedo Effect - effectively test the albedo of different surfaces with a light sensor.

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• The Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming - step-by-step explanation of the concept of global warming.

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Vehicle Greenhouse Effect - This probeware lab illustrates how can a closed car be a model for the greenhouse effect.

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Radiation Budget Trading Cards - a series of cards and information form the basis for collecting, trading and answering questions, and also includes narrated movies.

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Polar Bears and Radiation - did you know that polar bears have black skin? Find out if it is an advantage for polar bears to have black skin with this probeware lab.

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Running Hot & Cold: Convection Currents - a Pasco lab that uses temperature probes to measure different temperatures at different locations in a beaker of water.

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Vaporization - can the rate of evaporation of a liquid serve as an indicator of heat of vaporization? Try this probeware lab to find out.

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Mission: Biomes - excellent information on biomes, with "Mission Impossible" challenges for students to use as review.

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Under Pressure - a Pasco lab measuring the change in humidity over a 24 hour time period.

• This is Your Lifestyle - an Australian guide to your impact on the climate (note: "chook" = Australian chicken!). Take a break and watch some Greena, mate!
• Planet Slayer Game - good or evil, you will need to choose what is best for the Earth.
• Powerhouse - go through your virtual house and calculate your energy usage.
• Every Breath I Take - a Pasco lab measuring the amount of CO₂ given off by student breathing.

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Climate Change - a Scottish interactive site about reducing our impact on the climate.