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The interactive web-based simulation activity (which requires Flash) illustrates principles of global warming and climate change due to natural and human caused factors. Global Warming explores climate using an Energy Budget Model and predicts Future Climate Change using data in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2001) and the Java Climate Model created by Ben Matthews (www.chooseclimate.org). The activity includes: • An overview demonstration of the Energy Budget Model and Future Climate Change activities • Animated and interactive tutorials on Milankovitch cycles, seasons on Earth, greenhouse gases, Albedo effects, and carbon and hydrological cycles • Online assessment quizzes for students • A demonstration and instructions for registering (free) your class of students to access the database of individual student or classroom results The work is supported in part by grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the California State University System. Previous activities developed include Earthquake, Virtual Dating, and Virtual River, all accessible at ScienceCourseware.com.

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