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Breathing Space

Welcome to the Breathing Space Study Guide site. There are many guides to choose from so you can download only those you need! (PDFs require Adobe Acrobat Reader©)

Standards
Activities List
NH Science Standards Summary
NSES Summary

Kindergarten
Climate Word Search
Hot and Cold Planets part 1 - solar system board game
Hot and Cold Planets part 2

Elementary School
Climate Word Search 1
Climate Word Search 2
Global Warming in a Jar - explore the greenhouse effect
Hot and Cold Planets part 1 - solar system board game
Hot and Cold Planets part 2
Layers of the Atmosphere
Planetary Scavenger Hunt - internet-based solar system hunt
Tempest in a Teacup - small-scale convection cells

Middle School
Bright Idea for the Environment - home energy audit
How Much Air? - the "weight" of air
Carbon Dating
Chemicals in our Breathing Space - molecule modeling and atmospheric composition
Climate Wordsearch
Climate Crossword
Energy Pathways in Earth's Atmosphere - electromagnetic spectrum and greenhouse gases
Working with Fahrenheit and Celsius Scales
Global Warming in a Jar - explore the greenhouse effect
Dr. Milankovitch's Humongous Hypothesis - the Milankovitch Cycles and their effect on global temperatures
Reducing Personal CO2 Emissions
Pie in the Sky - comparing the atmosphere's of Earth, Venus & Mars using pie charts
Tempest in a Teacup - small-scale convection cells
Totally Elliptical - ellipses vs. circles

High School
A Bright Idea for the Environment - home energy audit
How Much Air? - the "weight" of air
Carbon Dating
Chemicals in our Breathing Space - molecule modeling and atmospheric composition
Climate Crossword
A Cosmic Conundrum - exploring all the possibilities for global climate change
Energy Pathways in Earth's Atmosphere - electromagnetic spectrum and greenhouse gases
Working with Fahrenheit and Celsius
Dr. Milankovitch's Humongous Hypothesis - the Milankovitch Cycles and their effect on global temperatures
Reducing Personal CO2 Emissions
Solar Intensity - inverse square law
Totally Elliptical - ellipses vs. circles

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