2-14-2018 Happy V-Day

Today's Activities
1. Go to Climate 312
Click here Learning.amplify.com

• Population. This slider changes the number of people on Earth. Right now, about 7 billion people live on Earth.
• Combustion per Person. This slider represents the average amount of combustion from each person on Earth. Combustion includes engines (cars) and the way most electrical energy is produced. (The video in the next activity will go into more depth about combustion.) The medium setting in the Sim models the current level of combustion per person.
• Livestock per Person. Livestock are farm animals that humans raise and use, such as cows and sheep, and this represents the average number of these animals for each person on Earth. The animals are raised for meat, milk, wool, and more. The medium setting in the Sim models the current amount of livestock per person.
• Forest Cover. This represents how much of the Earth’s land is covered by forest. The low setting in the Sim models the current amount of forest.
• Gas Capture. Technologies are being developed to trap gases as they are released from factories or other sources. These technologies are just beginning to be used. The low setting models the current amount of gas capture.

2. Review your grades in PowerSchool. Look at any comments for our writing assignment from Friday and make revisions.

Hints: 

1. Explain what happens to energy when it hits carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen. 
2. Explain the importance of the amounts of energy entering and exiting the Earth's atmosphere and how that affects global temperature.
3. Explain that when energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface it changes to heat. What happens when more energy is absorbed by the Earth's surface?
4. Next: Explain the DIFFERENCE between fluctuation and trend using examples from the graph.

Early Finishers:

Continue working on Khan Academy Coding. Click Here  Use Earbuds if you have them. Or listen QUIETLY through your computer speakers.

Start with the Basics. (Click Let's go)

Then choose Intro to JS/Drawing and Animation (Draw a snowman.)

Remember, capitalization matters. If you make one mistake like using : instead of ; your code WILL NOT WORK. Happy Coding!

ALERT! Coding might be hard but it is worth learning! People who know how to code can get a job at Amazon here in San Luis Obispo right out of college that pays $120,000. Most first jobs only pay about $35,000 if you're lucky!