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Water: Here, There, Everywhere

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http://www.strategies.org/docs/Water_May02.pdf

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This module provides three activities that explore the potential impact of climate variability and change on Earth's most abundant resource, water. Although each activity is designed to tap specific skills and knowledge to yield scientific results, the broader intent is to stimulate thought about the long-term impacts of a warmer planet. Through participation in these activities, students will observe pan evaporation, describe how evaporation rate relates to air temperature and relative humidity, explain how water vapor can affect global temperatures, analyze regional atmospheric variations for various years across the United States, interpret the effect of fresh water intrusion on a saltwater estuary environment, develop sampling protocols that allow students to obtain data that will help relate their knowledge to a global scheme, and share data to achieve a global perspective. This module is one of twelve of an overall series entitled The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change that was developed to examine the potential impacts of climate variability and change.

Intended for grade levels:

Middle (6-8)
High (9-12)

Type of resource:

For the classroom:
- Lesson plan
Physical object

Subject:

Atmospheric science
Climatology
Environmental science
Hydrology
Natural hazards
Ocean Sciences:
- Chemical 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. (IGES)

DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-007-580

Educational standards:

National Science Education Standards (NSES):
- 5-8:
  - Unifying concepts and processes:
    - Change, constancy, and measurement
  - A - Science as inquiry:
    - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    - Understanding about scientific inquiry
  - F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
    - Populations, resources, environments
- 9-12:
  - Unifying concepts and processes:
    - Change, constancy, and measurement
  - A - Science as inquiry:
    - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    - Understandings about scientific inquiry
  - F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
    - Environmental quality
    - Natural and human-induced hazards

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

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