
Climate Science: What You Need to Know
Overview
Learn the basic science of climate change in 24 easy steps.
Activity Type:
Video
Target Grade Level:
6-8, 9-12
Estimated Duration:
6 minutes
Topics:
Air
Possible Connections to NGSS |
Performance Expectations 3-LS4-4: Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environmental changes and types of plants and animals that live there may change. 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. MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. |
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It's Okay to Be Smart








