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The Climate Time Machine Activity: Using Fossil Pollen to Study Climate Change
http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/education/pollenactivity.pdf
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In this activity, students use real data on fossil pollen from a lake in Washington State to study climate change. Working in teams, they separate simulated pollen grains from 'sediment samples', identify them, and determine what climate the plants that produced the pollen grains might have lived in. They will then graph their data and discuss the results. Information cards on the plants, data cards for recording pollen counts and plant species, and a blank graph for displaying data are provided.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Classroom activity
Subject:
  • Climatology
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Paleontology
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 2005, All rights reserved. This activity was adapted from the NOAA Global Change Resource Guide the AmeriCorp Volunteer Jeremy Dubois.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-008-138
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Change, constancy, and measurement
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
      • C - Life science:
        • Diversity and adaptations of organisms
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Earth's history
    • 9-12:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Change, constancy, and measurement
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
        • Understandings about scientific inquiry
      • C - Life science:
        • Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
      • D - Earth and space science:
        • Energy in the earth system
Related resources:
This resource requires 'Information Cards'
http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/education/infocards.pdf
This resource requires 'Data Cards'
http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/education/datacards.pdf
This resource requires 'Blank Data Graph'
http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/education/blankCO20000.pdf
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: Debbie Avalone-King
Bureau of Air Quality
Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Publisher: Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Air Quality
http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/