Materials
Educational Model: Energy Sources for Biogeochemical Cycles Using the Phosphorus Cycle as an Example
Working with the model makes it possible to identify the main stages of the phosphorus cycle, as well as the main energy sources both for this cycle and for the …
Educational Model: The Carbon Biogeochemical Cycle Under Present-Day Earth Conditions
The model makes it possible to identify the main stages of the carbon biogeochemical cycle.
Educational Model: The Nitrogen Biogeochemical Cycle Under Present-Day Earth Conditions
The model makes it possible to examine the interconnections among the main processes constituting the nitrogen biogeochemical cycle.
Educational Model: The Sulfur Biogeochemical Cycle Under Present-Day Earth Conditions
The model provides an understanding of sulfur movement during the corresponding biogeochemical cycle.
Educational Model: Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on Organisms
The model shows the effects on living organisms of electromagnetic radiation with different wavelengths
Educational Model: Greenhouse Effect (How a Greenhouse Works)
The model facilitates understanding of the greenhouse-effect mechanism that causes warming not only in a greenhouse, but also in Earth’s atmosphere
Educational Model: Greenhouse Effect in the Atmosphere
The model illustrates the most common concepts of the greenhouse properties of the atmosphere.
Educational Model: Plate Tectonics
The model illustrates processes occurring in Earth’s crust and the upper layer of the mantle
Educational Model: Continental Drift
The model shows continental positions at different stages of Earth’s history
Educational Model: Factors Determining Planetary Temperature
The model makes it possible to assess the effects of three factors on planetary temperature.
Educational Model: Consequences of a Local Nuclear Conflict ("Nuclear Winter")
The model illustrates the "nuclear winter" scenario — a proposed sequence of events in the event of nuclear-weapon use
Educational Model: Daisyworld
Visualization of J. Lovelock’s conceptual model “Daisyworld,” showing the potential of organisms to influence their habitat.