Get your class thinking about climate change as a scientific theory. Guided by a handout, emerging earth scientists read articles and take notes about glaciers and sea ice. To conclude, they write an evaluation of the evidence for melting ice using the theory that increasing global temperatures are responsible.

Concepts

global warming, climate change, glaciers, scientific theories, sea ice

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Additional Tags

scientific theory, glacier, sea ice, global warming, climate change, science

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Pros

• Current topic of global importance
• Gets learners reading, writing, and using critical thinking skills
• Ideal for challenging high schoolers to apply critical thinking to scientific media

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.7.1.a W.7.6 W.8.1.a W.8.6 W.9-10.6 W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.6 RST.6-8.8 RST.6-8.9 RST.9-10.8 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.7 RST.11-12.8 RST.11-12.9