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Week 14

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  Talking about our interviews with elders Filled atmospheric CO2 Science of Climate Change Video Extreme climate events becoming more common and more severe Need to understand science to find solutions Multiple droughts, if there is something that ignites then there will be a big fire from all of the dried wood.--This is an annual occurrence 3 Factors of the earths climate Solar  readiation Reflectivity of grounds surface Atmosphere Likely the atmosphere Green house affect- the reflection of the solar radiation + the gasses being trapped in atmosphere Analyzing the air–to see how much carbon dioxide in the air Carbon dioxide would go up and down in Manu Loa CO2 will go up and down due to the plants growing, and decomposing CO2 overall still rising Documentation in South pole as well Concentrations around 415 ppm (parts per million) CO2 Increasing dramatically Use of Ice cores Sample of antarctic ice will measure what the greenhouse gasses were at the time of the bubble Over t...
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Week 13

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  Lab -  Climate vs Weather Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get One middle school student put it Climate helps you decode what clothes to buy weather helps you decide what clothes to wear Climate is average over THIRTY year period Evidence from phenology Baby birds hatch when there is a peak in their food source With climate change the bugs come out earlier, but the birds are still hatching and they hatch when there is not as much of a food source–they may die Teachers misconceptions or preconceptions of a subject feed students misconceptions In a survey majority of teachers teach about climate change in their classrooms–but a significant percent are including incorrect ideas, such as the notion that today’s warming of the globe is a “natural” process The globes temperature is changing (we know this from the Earth history simulation) but “climate change” specifically means the human caused climate change and the unnatural warming from that Jigsaw Activity Group...
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