Math of Climate Change
Type: Mini-lesson
Theme: Statistics
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Learning Target: Students will analyze various datasets that relate to climate science.
Instructions
- Go through activity first with students.
- Then have students interact with lesson.
- https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/6219ae18bfbef636f0d337c3
Resources
- https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/data.html
- https://www.academia.edu/28083992/The_Potency_of_Carbon_Dioxide_CO2_as_a_Greenhouse_Gas
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20413-warmer-oceans-release-co2-faster-than-thought/#:~:text=Rising%20temperatures%20make%20carbon%20dioxide,out%2C%E2%80%9D%20says%20van%20Ommen
- https://www.coastal.ca.gov/coastalvoices/resources/SSTdata.xlsx
- http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall16/atmo336s2/lectures/sec5/controversy.html
- https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2021/co2-emissions
Exit Ticket
CCSS Math Practice
- I can model with mathematics.
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
- Systems and System Models
- Stability and Change