Stability and Change
Below are lesson resources that target the Crosscutting Concept Stability and Change.
Climate Change in Wyoming
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Grade Level: 9-12
Performance Expectation Connections:
HS-ESS3-5. Analyze data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth systems.
Science and Engineering Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data; Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect; Stability and Change
Disciplinary Core Ideas: Global Climate Change
Possible Guiding Questions: What are the current impacts of climate change in Wyoming? How might climate change affect Wyoming's ecosystems in the future? How are the different types of ecosystems in Wyoming responding to climate change? How can past climate data allow us to project Wyoming's future climate?
Possible Instructional Uses: You may use this phenomenon to explore the current and future impacts of climate change in Wyoming. This lesson also provides an opportunity to take a data-driven approach to analyzing climate change and forecasting into the future. This may also serve as a starting point to deeper investigations into how particular species in Wyoming have responded to climate change.
Contributors: Martha Inouye, Clare Gunshanen, Sienna Wessel, Matthew Bisk
Date Uploaded: 1/9/22