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Climate Change as a Scientific Theory Lesson PlanClimate Change as a Scientific Theory Lesson Plan
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PBS
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8th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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3 days
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Year
2013
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Climate Change as a Scientific Theory

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Get your class thinking about climate change as a scientific theory. Guided by a handout, emerging earth scientists read articles and take notes about glaciers and sea ice. To conclude, they write an evaluation of the evidence for melting ice using the theory that increasing global temperatures are responsible.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

global warming, climate change, glaciers, scientific theories, sea ice

Additional Tags

scientific theory, glacier, sea ice, global warming, climate change, science

Pros

  • Current topic of global importance
  • Gets learners reading, writing, and using critical thinking skills
  • Ideal for challenging high schoolers to apply critical thinking to scientific media

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.7.1.a W.7.6 W.8.1.a W.8.6 W.9-10.6 W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.6 RST.6-8.8 RST.6-8.9 RST.9-10.8 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.7 RST.11-12.8 RST.11-12.9

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