Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 26 · Chemistry of Climate Change
Reading the Climate Record
Analyzing temperature and carbon dioxide data and separating trends from noise without letting worry distort the evidence.
- Students will
- Students analyze temperature and carbon dioxide data to separate long trends from yearly noise and explain what the evidence shows.
- SEL skill
- Check evidence before reacting so worry does not distort a reading of data
- What it looks like
- Students practice judgment by checking evidence before reacting, so worry does not distort how they read data.
- Content focus
- Reading the climate record
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Responsible decision-making
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What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-5: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP4 Analyzing and interpreting data
- Crosscutting concept: CCC7 Stability and change
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle III: Natural systems change in ways people benefit from and can influence
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.7 Translate between quantitative or technical information in words, tables, graphs, and equations.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 11: Global Climate Change
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 6: Human Activity and Earth's Atmosphere
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