Trends in Atmospheric Methane

Positives

• The graphs on this site are pretty straightforward and allow for interactivity. 

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers may want to provide some background about methane's relationship to climate change. This video could be played for students.
• Students will likely be unfamiliar with units like mole fraction and parts per billion. Teachers should address these.
• The data is downloadable in CSV files.

Differentiation

•  The reading is very technical and is probably most appropriate for upper high school students.
• Students can work independently or in a small group to create a list of noticings and wonderings about the data.
• Some related data about methane include methane emissions, per-capita methane emissions, and methane emissions by sector.
• Check out this lesson for middle school students or this lesson for high school students to explore greenhouse gases.