Format
1. The Earth has a fever! Global warming and climate change basics.
2. It's getting hot up here in Alaska. What's happening at Kenai Fjords National Park?
3. Think like a scientist: Why does this matter to you and the rest of the world?
4. What can we do? We are all part of the solution.
Objectives
Students will:
-gain a basic understanding of global warming and climate change.
-understand the impacts of climate change in Alaska, and how those impacts affect the rest of the world.
-consider local changes in the environment.
-gain a hopeful perspective on how we can all work together as one global community.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
NS. 5-8.1 Science as Inquiry
NS. 5-8.4 Earth and Space Science
NS. 5-8.6 Personal and Social Perspectives
Next Generation Science Standards:
5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
MS. Weather and Climate:
MS-ESS3-5 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.