NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS2.D – Weather and Climate. Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atmospheric flow patterns.
Encourage students to be creative in presenting the information, including maps and visuals as appropriate
C3 Framework. Dimension 2. Geography.2.6-8. Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions, and changes in their environmental characteristics.
As climate has changed through Earth’s history, the landscape has changed with it.
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS2.A – Earth’s Materials and Systems. The planet’s systems interact over scales that range from microscopic to global in size, and they operate over fractions of a second to billions of years. These interactions have shaped Earth’s history and will determine its future.
they should conduct the activity described on the station card
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS2.D – Weather and Climate. Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atmospheric flow patterns.
Scientists, industry, citizens, and government officials do not always agree on what should be done regarding levels of greenhouse gases and global climate change.
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS3.D – Global Climate Change. Human factors, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are a major factor in the current rise in Earth’s mean surface temperature (global warming). Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whatever climate changes do occur depend on the understanding of climate science, engineering capabilities and other kinds of knowledge, such as understanding of human behavior and on applying that knowledge wisely in decisions and actions.
What can past climate changes tell us about the possible effects of current global temperature trends?
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS2.A – Earth’s Materials and Systems. The planet’s systems interact over scales that range from microscopic to global in size, and they operate over fractions of a second to billions of years. These interactions have shaped Earth’s history and will determine its future.
they will visit several different websites, looking for the relationship between increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and average air temperatures
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 1 – Patterns. MS. Patterns in rates of change and other numerical relationships can provide information about natural systems. Graphs, charts, and images can be used to identify patterns in data.
What factors most affected our carbon footprints?
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS3.D – Global Climate Change. Human factors, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are a major factor in the current rise in Earth’s mean surface temperature (global warming). Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whatever climate changes do occur depend on the understanding of climate science, engineering capabilities and other kinds of knowledge, such as understanding of human behavior and on applying that knowledge wisely in decisions and actions.
have students share what they have learned in their expert roles with the others in their group
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 6 – Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions. MS. Construct a scientific explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from sources (including the students’ own experiments) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
use the information for those dates to complete the chart and answer the questions
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 6 – Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions. MS. Construct a scientific explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from sources (including the students’ own experiments) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
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