Earth and Environmental Science · Week 16 · Climate and Extreme Heat
Climate Models
Comparing climate model projections and weighing uncertainty without sliding into denial or despair.
- Students will
- Students use climate model projections to compare scenarios and explain what uncertainty means without ignoring the evidence.
- SEL skill
- Use a worried feeling as information while weighing the evidence from climate models
- What it looks like
- Students use emotions as information and keep thinking steady when numbers feel worrying.
- Content focus
- Climate Models
- 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: SEP5 Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Crosscutting concept: CCC4 Systems and system models
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle III: Natural systems change in ways people benefit from and can influence
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.9 Compare and contrast findings in a text to those from other sources.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
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