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Natural Cycles—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 7 Instructional VideoNatural Cycles—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 7 Instructional Video
Publisher
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
4:53
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
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Year
2012
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Natural Cycles—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 7

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The most common argument against human-caused climate change is the natural cycle of our earth. The last video in the series of seven addresses this belief. It combines collected data with advanced models to determine which factors affect climate change. 

20 Views 8 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

climate change, global warming, scientific research, climates, global perspectives

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Discuss why the resource uses modeling in addition to the collected data
  • Research how the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, in Iceland, impacted the global climate

Classroom Considerations

  • Relies on prior knowledge of greenhouse gases, how to interpret a graph, and weather patterns
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Comments are turned off to prevent any inappropriate content from displaying when viewing this in a classroom
  • Addresses a scientific debate with science and facts

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4

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