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A Sticky Situation DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://www.strategies.org/docs/StickySituation_May02.pdf
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This activity explores the potential impact of climate variability and change on one of Earth's increasingly vulnerable resources, forests. Although the activity is designed to tap specific skills and knowledge through scientific inquiry, its broader intent is to stimulate thought about the long-term impacts of a warmer planet. The scenario invites students to examine higher level issues of climate variability and change by creating a practical, scientifically sound model to address specific points of a localized socioeconomic situation. Students will examine the issues as they relate to a specific, socially relevant situation, investigate claims that support opposing viewpoints, determine whether the issues constitute a realistic problem, analyze scientific evidence about the situation, and present and defend their recommendations for action. This learning activity was developed to examine the potential impacts of climate variability and change and is part of an overall series entitled The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
    • Lesson plan
  • Physical object
Subject:
  • Atmospheric science
  • Biology
  • Climatology
  • Ecology
  • Environmental science
  • Ocean Sciences:
    • Biological oceanography
    • Physical oceanography
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
These materials may be freely used. It is requested that credit be given to the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-007-572
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • K-4:
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
      • C - Life science:
        • Organisms and environments
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Changes in environments
    • 5-8:
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Populations, resources, environments
      • G - History and nature of science:
        • Science as a human endeavor
Related resources:
This resource is part of 'Institute for Global Environmental Strategies'
http://www.strategies.org/
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies


Author: John Hornyak
Wheeling Jesuit University