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AMS Climate Studies is an introductory college-level course developed by the American Meteorological Society for implementation at undergraduate institutions nationwide.
Prepared by meteorologists and climatologists nationally recognized in atmospheric science education, AMS Climate Studies places students in a dynamic educational environment where they investigate the many elements of Earth's climate system using real-world environmental data. Development for this course was supported, in part, by NASA.
The components of Earth’s climate system emerge as interactive, defined through dynamic Earth processes and the principles that underlie how climate works, such as radiation and thermodynamic principals, planetary circulation and basic physical forces, and the world ocean. Climate change is explored with proxy records from the past, observations in the present, and with climate models into the future, looking at both natural and human influence. The course explores how human energy use and policy affect climate change, as well as how we are affected by it and how society views climate change.
The 14-chapter text covers the fundamental principles in understanding Earth's climate system as a whole. The primary author of the text is Dr. Chad M. Kauffman (Pennsylvania Western University). Each chapter ends with 10 Review Questions and 10 Critical Thinking Questions as well as several essays related to the topics. The textbook can be used independently or part of as the AMS Climate Studies course with the eInvestigations Manual.
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A set of student learning investigations coordinated with the text chapters. Investigations lead the student through analysis and interpretation of current climatological data. Answer forms and keys can be loaded to your learning management system.
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Delivered via the Climate Faculty Portal, PowerPoint presentations and textbook figures for each chapter, as well as the Faculty Resource Folder which includes
The faculty guide describes the course and its components, and contains suggestions for course implementation in a variety of classroom settings. Included for each textbook chapter is an outline, summary and learning objectives.
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