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Climate Change in My Backyard: Grades 7-9, Unit 1
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Climate Change in My Backyard: Grades 7-9, Unit 1

Collector: Ann V.
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Engage young scientists in a study of climate change with a collections of lessons that combine online research with labs, videos, activities, nature walks, and a NASA data analysis tool to examine different Earth's systems and how they interact. The unit ends with students researching the ecosystem services available in different states and regions.

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Concepts

arctic animals, carbon, carbon dioxide, consumers, ecosystems, energy, environmental changes, food chains, food webs, greenhouse gases, leaves, organisms, polar bears, temperature, the arctic, values, litter, albedo, carnivores, chlorofluorocarbons, herbivores, methane, temperature changes, temperature conversion, the greenhouse effect, water vapor, the earth's atmosphere

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Grade
7th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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Common Core

RST.6-8.1 RST.6-8.2 RST.6-8.3 RST.6-8.4

Collection Items

    Understanding the Greenhouse Effect

    Understanding the Greenhouse Effect

    Lesson Plan
    GEEBITT (Global Equilibrium Energy Balance Interactive TinkerToy)

    GEEBITT (Global Equilibrium Energy Balance Interactive TinkerToy)

    Lesson Plan
    Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Natural and Human Causes

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Natural and Human Causes

    Lesson Plan
    Nature Walk and Ecosystem Introduction

    Nature Walk and Ecosystem Introduction

    Lesson Plan
    Leaf Litter Ecology Lab

    Leaf Litter Ecology Lab

    Lesson Plan
    Food for Thought: Climate Change and Trophic Cascades

    Food for Thought: Climate Change and Trophic Cascades

    Lesson Plan
    Introducing Ecosystem Services

    Introducing Ecosystem Services

    Lesson Plan
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