Graphing Temperature Models
Lesson Plans
Grades6, 7, 8Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics
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What it is
- This lesson introduces students to graphing using historic temperatures on Earth.
- The lesson includes a teacher guide, a student handout (with a blank graph), and links to the data sources from NASA and National Geographic.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This is a straightforward lesson that teaches students how to graph data and incorporates climate change data.
Additional Prerequisites
- You may want to review the NASA link with students before doing the graphing exercise to provide context to the lesson.
Differentiation
- This lesson could be used in science classes to introduce greenhouse gases, paleoclimates, the diversity of life on Earth, mass extinction events, or climate modeling.
- This lesson could be used in math classes to learn graphing skills in a real-world context.
- Other resources related to this topic include Drivers of CO2 Emissions and Climate Change Solutions Simulator.
From the scientist review
Students can learn a basic method in climate modeling by analyzing temperature datasets and plotting a graph, indicating scenarios for the pre-industrial era, business-as-usual, and forecasting changes up to 2050. This procedure is valid, and the resource is recommended for teaching.
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