Now that we’ve looked at what is climate change and global warming, how do we know it is occurring? What are the signs that warm us that the Earth’s climate is getting warmer?
Our next activity will have you working in pairs to become “experts” in the signs of climate change. Using the information from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website, each pair will take a sign of climate change to research.
Each sign of climate change is divided into three short sections: What’s happening now?, What will happen in the future?, and What it matters?. Your task to read through each section for your sign and come up with one sentence that sums up the information.
After you have your information, please create a small poster that has the following:
- Title (sign you were researching)
- Names, date, class on the back
- Write out each question (What’s Happening Now, What will happen in the future, Why it matters) and put the answer to each question underneath in a different color
- Optional: add drawings to enhance your poster
Click on the link to get to the EPA’s website on Signs of Climate Change
There are two groups who will be focusing on Effects that global warming has on people. These two groups will be researching health & plants, animals and ecosystems. The question they will have to research is What’s at stake?.
Health group will have three topics under What’s at stake.
Plants, Animals and Ecosystems will have two topics under What’s at stake.
Click on the link to get the EPA’s website on Effects on People and the Environment
Here is an example of the 5B and 5A voki assignment on Signs of Global Warming & Climate Change.
2 Responses to 5G: Signs of Climate Change & Global Warming