Students observe the surface temperatures of a variety of surface types found in a suburban environment.
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Students interpret a graph of surface temperatures taken from city districts and other types of communities.
To investigate the different rates of heating and cooling of certain materials on earth in order to understand the heating dynamics that take place in the Earth’s atmosphere.
In this lesson, students will investigate the drivers of climate change, including adding carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, sea level rise, and the effect of decreasing sea ice on temperatures.
Students explore positive feedback effects of changing albedo from melting Arctic sea ice.
Guided by the 5E model, this lesson allows students to work together to uncover how changes in sea ice extent in the Arctic and Antarctic regions are connected to Earth’s energy budget.