Climate Change in San Diego's Local Environment

Overview

These lessons in schoolyards and on field trips are written for Middle School teachers and students in the San Diego region.

Activity Type:

PDF

Target Grade Level:

K-12

Estimated Duration:

Varies

Topics:

Climate 101

Possible Connections to NGSS

Performance Expectations

3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

4-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.

5-ESS3-1: Combine and obtain information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment.

MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.

HS-LS2-5: Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

HS-ETS1-1: Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.

HS-ESS2-5: Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.