Exploring Greenhouse Gases Webquest
Name: ______
Period: _____
Directions: Using critical reading and listening skills, explore and analyze resources in the Global Issues in Context database to answer the questions below.
Access the GLOBAL ISSUES IN CONTEXT portal page for GREENHOUSE GASES. Everything you will be exploring is in this portal.
Go to Lenape Media Center site ( or under departments of Lenape HS
Click on DATABASES (on left)
Select GLOBAL ISSUES
Enter password: lenapehs1
Click on BROWSE ISSUES AND TOPICS
- Select ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- Select GREENHOUSE GASES to enter the portal page
Source A. Article - Find the “Overview” article and click to VIEW FULL OVERVIEW.
- What are greenhouse gases?
- What is the relationship among greenhouse gases, greenhouse effect, climate change and global warming?
- What is the problem with greenhouse gases?
- What is being done to address the problem? (include information about the US and the international community)
Source B. Video – From the portal page, click to VIEW ALL videos. Select the video entitled: “Kerry: US to Work with China on Climate Change”. What does Secretary of State Kerry discuss? What impact do you believe this will have?
Source C. Statistics – From the portal page, find the STATISTICS section. View the graph for “Top 12 Countries by Cumulative Carbon Dioxide Emissions: 1850-2002”.
- What does this graph tell you about greenhouse gases?
- How does this graph relate to the video and the overview article you analyzed?
Source D – Podcast – From the portal page, select a podcast (you have over 100 to choose from) and LISTEN to it (click the link provided).
- Which podcast did you listen to?
- Summarize the key points of the podcast.
Source E – News article – From the portal page,find the NEWS section and select a news article (click to “view all” news) from this month (December 2014).
- Which article did you select?
- Summarize the key points.
Source F – Image - From the portal page, click on the IMAGE DETAILS for the image “Signing to Show Support of Greenhouse Gas Reduction”. What does this image say about greenhouse gases? (Think about the effect of greenhouse gases and the people/countries involved)
Conclusion – Using at least 3 of the sources (A-F), discuss what you have learned about greenhouse gases. Consider: what they are, the problem/issue and what is being done. Refer to the sources in your response (by letter… for example, “as source B indicated…..”). Your response should be at least two paragraphs and should provide detailed analysis and evidence from the sources.