1. Earth and Human Activity

2. Earth and Human Activity
Climate Change

3. NGSS: MS-ESS3-5
Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

4. Earth and Human Activity
Climate Change

5. Weather
What the conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time.

6. Climate
How the atmosphere “behaves” over relatively long periods of time (10 years or more).

7. Source: Climate.NASA.gov
Experimental Cycle
“Greenhouse
Effect”
Source: Climate.NASA.gov

8. Source: Climate.NASA.gov
Greenhouse Gasses
Water Vapor
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Nitrous Oxide
Source: Climate.NASA.gov

9. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov
The current warming trend is of particular significance:
Very likely human-induced
Proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1
Source: Climate.NASA.gov

10. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

11. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

12. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

13. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

14. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

15. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

16. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

17. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

18. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

19. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov

20. Evidence of Climate Change
Choose 3 of the following you would like to research:
Sea Level Rise
Global Temperature Rise
Warming Oceans
Shrinking Ice Sheets
Declining Arctic Sea Ice
Glacial Retreat
Extreme Weather Events
Ocean Acidification
Decreased Snow Cover
Source: Climate.NASA.gov

21. Evidence of Climate Change Source: Climate.NASA.gov
Task:
Individually or with a Partner
Research Evidence of Climate Change and Make a Poster or Infographic
Include:
Title of evidence, image, 2 or more facts, data, and graph
Source: Climate.NASA.gov