Students receive data about tree ring records, solar activity, and volcanic eruptions during the Little Ice Age (AD 1350–1850). By comparing and contrasting time intervals when tree growth was at a minimum, solar activity was low, and major volcanic eruptions occurred, they draw conclusions about possible natural causes of climate change.
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Students will investigate how different surfaces of the Earth reflect and absorb heat and apply this knowledge to real-world situations.
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Our climate is warming, which is changing the physical environments that support living systems. In many places, environments are changing so fast that plants and animals cannot keep up, endangering entire ecosystems.
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Extreme Events and Human Health
In this activity, students will develop a model of a forest using plastic bottles and then observe and analyze changes in winds related to differences in forest density.
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This is Part 1 of Lesson 3 of Project Resilience curriculum.
Students investigate how the combined effects of sea level rise and sinking land are projected to impact the Louisiana coast this century.
This is Part 3 of Lesson 3 of Project Resilience curriculum.
Students learn about the life cycle of brown shrimp and analyze data to investigate how fisheries are impacted due to environmental change.
Graph the extent of sea ice, over months and years, in the Arctic and Antarctic. Learn about the seasons and long-term trends.
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