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Orlando Teen Sends Message To World Leaders

Mr. G — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:55:17 +0000

Reported by Janelle Jordan
ORLANDO — An Orange County eighth-grader is getting international attention.
Kira Myers, 13, of Windy Ridge School, produced a minute-long video that will be shown to 192 world leaders during the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

“I really feel like I’m making a difference, because if we can show our world leaders that the generation that’s coming into play cares, maybe they’ll pick up the pace and really do something to help our earth,” Kira told News 13.

Her video is one of just 15 out of 500 entries that will be shown during the conference. Just five of those videos are from the U.S.

Kira’s teachers, understandably, were very proud.

Indeed we are all very proud of Kira and hope that her and others like her will have a positive impact on the future of our world. Take a minute to watch her video.

Glaciers Keep Melting

Mr. G — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:21:00 +0000

Atmosphere Journal (April 14, 2008)

Glaciers worldwide keep shrinking at an alarming rate, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The rate of thinning doubled from 2005 to 2006. The study looked at data from 30 glaciers in nine mountain ranges around the world.

On average, glaciers shrank by almost five feet (over 1.5 meters) in 2006, the latest year with available data. Some glaciers lost much more than the average… (more)

Practice Quizzes

Mr. G — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:10:00 +0000

Here are a couple of online practice quizzes about global climate change. They will help test some of your basic knowledge but do not cover all the material you will be responsible for on the test tomorrow. Just click the pictures below to take the quiz.

Click on this picture to do a review from the EPA.

Global Warming

Mr. G — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:31:00 +0000

I hope you find the video presentation “An Inconvenient Truth” enlightening. Perhaps it will stimulate you to do further investigation into one of the most significant global issues of our time.

As you watch the video focus on the science; look for cause and effect. How do we know this? Why does this happen? So far you have been presented with the results of 50 years of research work showing CO2 levels and global temperatures covering 650,000 years. You have seen photographic evidence of retreating glaciers across the globe and some evidence of increasing storm severity. Much more will come tomorrow.

You will be designing a poster titled “The Science and Solutions of Global Warming” showing causes, effects and recourses so be sure you are taking notes. I’ll provide you with additional resources, but you could be looking for some now.

For anyone who will not be in class tomorrow I will show the rest of the video again Thursday before school starting at 8:30 and after school starting at 3:55.