Bellwork: January 23rd

1. What is global warming?

2. What causes global warming?

3. What are some effects of global warming?

The Netherlands

• Textbook page 311.

• Do you know your Western European countries?

• Do you know your landforms?

4. On the Physical map of Europe, what do you notice about the elevation of the Netherlands’ coast?

Burrito Book page 3

• The Benelux Countries– Belgium

– Netherlands

– Luxembourg

• The people of the Netherlands are known as the Dutch.

The Netherlands

• Read the top of 318: • How have the Dutch adapted

to their physical geography?• What have they done to meet

their needs?– Dutch Polders

• The people of the Netherlands have created large walls called dikes (like dams) to reclaim land from the sea called polders.

• View video.

Global Warming

• How might global warming affect the Netherlands and the polders???

• View Brainpop on Global Warming

The Kyoto Protocol: Reducing Greenhouse Gases

• Read about the Kyoto Protocol and why the US is ignoring it.

• Why are China and India now big polluters??

Emerging Markets!!

• Why are China and India now big polluters??

Melting ice caps = rising waters

• Read “Around the World”• Answer the question in your Burrito

Book:• What is global warming and how

might global warming affect the polders?

• Global warming is the slight warming of our planet due to excess greenhouse gases. If the planet warms, it could melt some of the polar ice caps causing sea levels to rise; endangering the polders with flooding.

Conclusion

• View video on the Netherlands.

• Ticket out the door:

1. What is an emerging market?

2. How might global warming affect the Netherlands?