Take a virtual tour of UEA’s cutting edge greenhouse gas monitoring station with a real atmospheric scientist. Your students will be introduced to the science of the carbon cycle and greenhouse effect before being taken on a live virtual tour of UEA's atmospheric monitoring station at Weybourne, Norfolk. Students will get a chance to see how scientists measure greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to monitor changes which are caused by natural and unnatural processes. Your students will get the opportunity to explore some real-world data and investigate what this means for the future of the planet.
Curriculum links
Key Stage 3 Science
- The carbon cycle
- The composition of the atmosphere
- The production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the impact on climate
- The reactants in, and products of, photosynthesis, and a word summary for photosynthesis
Key Stage 4 Science
- Common atmospheric pollutants: sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, particulates and their sources
- Evidence, and uncertainties in evidence, for additional anthropogenic causes of climate change
- Potential effects of, and mitigation of, increased levels of carbon dioxide and methane on the Earth’s climate
- Common atmospheric pollutants: sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, particulates and their sources