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Earth Exploration Toolbook Chapter: Exploring Regional Differences in Climate Change DLESE Reviewed Collection
http://serc.carleton.edu/eet/climate/index.html
From NASA Reviewed Collection
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: In this activity, users download and graph modeled climate data to explore variability in climate change. Most people know that climate changes are predicted over the next hundred years, but they may not be aware that these changes are likely to vary from region to region. Using data from the University of New Hampshire?s Earth Science Information Partner, a digital library of Earth Science data, users will obtain annual predictions for minimum temperature, maximum temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation for each of these 5 states: New York, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, and California. Data will span the years 2000 through 2100. Users will import the data into Excel and analyze it to see what, if any, regional variability exists. Finally, they will download data for their own state, compare these results with the results from the other 5 states and use their results to answer questions related to climate change.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
  • College (13-14)
  • College (15-16)
  • Graduate / Professional
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Computer activity
    • Case study
    • Module / Unit
    • Tutorial
  • Dataset:
    • Modeled
  • Physical object
Subject:
  • Atmospheric science
  • Biology
  • Climatology
  • Ecology
  • Environmental science
  • Ocean Sciences:
    • Biological oceanography
    • Physical oceanography
Technical requirements:
Excel spreadsheet
Internet Explorer (IE) browser
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
Cost information is not known
This product is free and clear for general use.
DLESE Catalog ID: NASA-ESERevProd562
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 9-12:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Change, constancy, and measurement
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Related resources:
This resource requires
http://eos-webster.sr.unh.edu/home.jsp
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: TERC