Climate Simulator

Notes from our reviewers

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• Teaching Tips
  Implementing the use of the global carbon emissions interactive can be supported by information provided here: [link http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2009/dec/14/global-carbon-emissions-simulator]
• About the Science
  As a starting point, the user selects both the year in which global emissions will peak and the annual rate at which emissions will decline thereafter, and the tool graphs the resulting patterns of C02 concentration and global temperature. The data used for the visualization is from the British National Weather Service, the Met Office. Comments from expert scientist: The scientific strength of this activity includes the depiction of the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and global temperatures. The resource lacks references.
• About the Pedagogy
  The explanation provided (in the link "the idea behind our global simulator") gives good background and motivations for the simulator, definitely worth having students read this before using the simulator.
• Technical Details/Ease of Use
  The simulator is very simple and easy to use, but to fully understand how to implement the use of the tool, user should read the background information first.