Earth & Space Science, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Physical Science, PS3: Energy
July 11: Day 1 Dr. Cordero’s Sessions Introduction to BAESI and the Green Ninja (downloads a .PDF file) Science Slides (opens a Google Drive .PDF) Brief Science Slides (downloads a .PDF file) Energy Tracker Curriculum (downloads a .PPT file) ET-7 Power Meter...
Earth & Space Science, ESS1.C: Earth's History, ESS2: Earth's Systems, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Life Science, LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Explore this excellent resource on the causes and consequences of past mass extinctions on Earth from the BBC. The Big Five Mass...
Earth & Space Science, ESS1.C: Earth's History, ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, Life Science, LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
In this activity, students read several articles on specific ages of the Earth and the mass extinction events which concluded them. The articles discuss the time period, types of life present, and the causes and consequences of the mass extinction event. Students then...
Earth & Space Science, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change
In this activity, students will use Google Earth to explore several locations where rapid climate change is occurring. They will: 1. Use Google Earth to explore 5 hotspots locations indicating recent changes in climate patterns. 2. Understand that climate change is...
Earth & Space Science, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change
How hot will it get in your lifetime? Find out with this interactive website from the Guardian (United Kingdom), which shows projections based on a UN report. Climate Change: How hot will it get in my...
Earth & Space Science, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change
In this activity, students watch a Green Ninja video and learn how to reduce their ecological footprints. Footprint Renovations...
Earth & Space Science, ESS3: Earth and Human Activity, ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems, ESS3.D: Global Climate Change
There is scientific consensus that global climate is changing, and that our poles (both north and south) are warming. This warming is having an affect on all that snow and ice. In this activity, students will explore how one impact of climate change, melting ice,...
