PowerPoint Presentation - Houghton, 2009, p 5.

Websites to use today

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/global-warming-common-misconceptions/story?id=9159877

What are the 7 common misconceptions about global warming?

http://globalchange.gov/resources/educators/climate-literacy

http://downloads.globalchange.gov/Literacy/climate_literacy_highres_english.pdf

Questions:

1)Why is it important for everyone to become informed on climate science?

2)What are the essential principles of climate science?

3)Describe the primary ways to improve understanding of the climate system.

4)Describe how climate varies over space and time.