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Torrents, Droughts, and Twisters - Oh My! Lesson PlanTorrents, Droughts, and Twisters - Oh My! Lesson Plan
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Center Science Education
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6th - 12th
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Torrents, Droughts, and Twisters - Oh My!

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What is causing the extreme weather happening around the planet? Middle and high schoolers read about climate change as a possible link to such phenomena. Then they form groups to discuss and research one of the types of weather events. They present their findings to the rest of the class and then rank how confident scientists seem to be about the links.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

climate change, severe weather

Additional Tags

extreme weather, climate change, science

Pros

  • Relevant lesson that teaches the importance of evaluating results of scientific investigations

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  • None

Common Core

RST.6-8.1 RST.6-8.2 RST.9-10.1 RST.9-10.2 RST.11-12.1 RST.11-12.2

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