Climate Change Unit Plan and Pacing Guide

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⭐ CLIMATE CHANGE UNIT PLAN INCLUDES ⭐

• Unit Overview, Big Idea, and NGSS Standards
• Enduring Understandings, Essential Questions, and Objectives
• Unit Vocabulary
• Pacing Guide
• Resources Overview with Links
• Pre-Made Unit Plan
• Unit Plan Template
• Daily Lesson Plan Template
• Editable Unit Plan

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⭐ CLIMATE CHANGE UNIT PLAN TOPICS ⭐

• Greenhouse Gases
• Greenhouse Effect
• Climate Change
• Global Warming
• Natural Causes of Climate Change
• Anthropogenic Causes Climate Change
• Effects of Climate Change
• Carbon Sinks
• Ocean Acidification
• Sea-Level Rise
• Albedo Effect
• Carbon Footprint
• Analyzing and Graphing Climate Data
• CER and Climate Change
• Human Impact on the Environment
• Weather versus Climate

⭐ NGSS STANDARDS ⭐

• HS-ESS2-2: Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth Systems
• HS-ESS2-4: Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.
• HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
• HSS-ESS3-4: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
• HS-ESS3-5: Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth’s systems.
• HS-ESS3-6: Use computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how these relationships are being modified due to human activity.
• HS-LS2-7: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.

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