A virtual lab to look at the physical features of Earth that affect the amount of the Sun's energy that hits Earth. Students investigate how solar and infrared radiations enters and leaves the atmosphere with this model. Virtual lab allows students to record results with annotated snapshots.

Concepts

carbon dioxide, energy flow, heat energy, radiant energy, solar energy

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Additional Tags

infrared radiation, transfer of energy, virtual lab, concord consortium, radiant energy flow, stem resource

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)