Climate Smart Practices
Overview
Students will investigate and understand different practices farmers are employing to mitigate the impacts of climate change by sequestering carbon back into the soil and preventing the large release of greenhouse gases.
Activity Type:
Lesson
Target Grade Level:
6-8, 9-12
Estimated Duration:
40 Minutes
Topics:
Food Systems
Possible Connections to NGSS |
Performance Expectations 3-5-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. 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-LS4-5: Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species. HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity. HS-ESS3-4: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems. HS-ETS1-3: Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts. |
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Reference: This activity was adapted from the Ag in the Classroom “Climate Change Phenomena” unit
