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San Diego Regional Impacts Analysis

Overview

Students will work in teams to assess regional climate impact data taken from the San Diego Ecosystems Report. Students will report out a summary of the data on the card, how climate change will impact their animal, and a solution to minimizing the impact on the animal.

Activity Type:

Lesson

Target Grade Level:

6-8, 9-12

Estimated Duration:

Varies

Topics:

Regional Impacts

Possible Connections to NGSS

Performance Expectations

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.

MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

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-ESS3-5: Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth's systems.