Lessons in Sea Level Rise
Lesson Plans
Grades5, 6, 7, 8, 9Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics
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What it is
- In this lesson, students will analyze graphs to determine the extent of sea level rise and its connection to global warming.
- Students will learn how sea level rise affects people worldwide, interact with graphs, record data, and make hypotheses.
Teaching tips
Positives
- The provided graphs organize the data for students in a simple manner.
- The resource provides rich background information for teachers and students to deepen their understanding of global warming and sea level rise.
Additional Prerequisites
- The interactive element in the discussion section requires a flash plug-in.
- Students should know how to read a line graph and find the average of a dataset.
- It may benefit students to understand climate change and the greenhouse effect.
- The "Images of Change" link under the Extension section doesn't work.
Differentiation
- This lesson would fit well before one on climate solutions and adaptation strategies, primarily adaptation strategies for flooding and other effects of sea level rise.
- Discuss the impact sea level rise has on coastal communities and research displacement, migration, and other elements resulting from sea level rise.
- Have students write their hypotheses and support them with data found in the activity.
- Younger students may need to do this lesson as a whole class, rather than answer questions independently.
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