NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 7 – Engaging in Argument from Evidence. MS. Construct an oral and written argument supported by empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support or refute an explanation or a model for a phenomenon or a solution to a problem.
Ask the students what they know about climate
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.
Focus particularly on the What We Need to Know category
NGSS Performance Expectations. MS-ESS3-5 – Earth and Human Activity. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
ask groups to share at least one thing they discovered through their group’s journey
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 1 – Patterns. MS. Patterns may be used to identify cause and effect relationships.
Have the students from different groups with the same roles meet together to discuss what they need to do and what to research
NGSS Performance Expectations. MS-ESS3-5 – Earth and Human Activity. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
If you were to randomly place your finger on a map of the world, with what certainty might you predict the climate of the place you land?
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 nature operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
The interaction of climate and geology helped sculpt and form our present-day landscapes.
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS2.A – Earth’s Materials and Systems. All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior. The energy that flows and matter that cycles produce chemical and physical changes in Earth’s materials and living organisms.
Carbon flows through biological, physical, and geological systems with different processes and at different timescales.
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS2.A – Earth’s Materials and Systems. All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior. The energy that flows and matter that cycles produce chemical and physical changes in Earth’s materials and living organisms.
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.
To introduce the topic of the carbon cycle, ask students to brainstorm what they already know about carbon.
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS2.A – Earth’s Materials and Systems. All Earth processes are the result of energy flowing and matter cycling within and among the planet’s systems. This energy is derived from the sun and Earth’s hot interior. The energy that flows and matter that cycles produce chemical and physical changes in Earth’s materials and living organisms.