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This resource from NASA explains what a scientific consensus is and lists the many United States and international institutions that have made formal statements agreeing with the scientific consensus about climate change.
The statements, links to the organizations, and a graph of global average temperate anomalies from 1880 to present are available on the site for additional information.
This resource gives students the data and the links to numerous respected scientific institutions to read and explore.
This is great for media literacy topics and provides many examples of credible resources for scientific information.
Prerequisites
Students should know how to read a graph to interpret the data presented.
Differentiation & Implementation
Social studies and civics classes could use this resource to support discussions about the role of governments, institutions, and individuals in finding global solutions to climate change.
Math classes could use the data graph to discuss interpretation of data, lines of best fit, and the difference between graphing data vs. anomalies from an average.
