Building on their work from yesterday, students will be reading one to two articles in class today to look for additional evidence in support or not in support of scientists’ claims about climate change. The articles students will need for class include:
- Newsela: Climate change confirmed? Last year called the warmest on record
- Science News for Students: The certainty of climate change
- Newsela: After losing huge amount, Greenland ice is melting faster than ever
Additional Articles (for students trying the “Exceeds the Standard”):
- Portland Press Herald: Maine’s warm February: Is our unusual winter weather due to climate change?
- Science News for Students: Earth breaks heat record for third year straight
- Science News for Students: Arctic Sea could be ice-free by 2050
- Science News for Students: Feverish climate is melting glaciers, study confirms
- The Guardian: Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces (advanced reading level)
- Newsela: Climate change: Northeast US on pace to warm faster than any place on Earth
- Newsela: Global warming is causing coral on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to die
Students also reviewed the grading rubric for their Notes Catcher assignment (rubric and assignment in Google Classroom).
ASSIGNMENT:
- 3 additional pieces of evidence in the first two pages of the Climate Change Notes Catcher (for a total of 9 in each section) due Thursday, grading rubric in google classroom.
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