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Unit 2: Global Sea-Level Response to Temperature Changes: Temperature and Altimetry Data
What is the contribution of seawater thermal expansion to recent sea-level rise? In this unit, students create time-series graphs of global averaged sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) data spanning 1880–2017 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Resource Type: Course Module, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Probability and Statistics:Data Trends:Curve Fitting/Regression, Estimation, Algebra, Graphs, Spreadsheets, Problem Solving:Equations
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Altimetry
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Unit 5: Societal Implications of Climate Change: Stakeholder Report
Sea-level rise due to the melting of glaciers and ice sheets and ocean thermal expansion has significant societal and economic consequences. In this final unit, students prepare a summary of the impacts of sea ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geophysics:Gravity, Geodesy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology
Resource Type: Course Module, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Estimation, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS, InSAR, Gravity, Altimetry
Collection Source: GETSI
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Unit 2: Temperature--A Global Trendsetter
How have average global air temperature and sea level changed in the last three decades? Have the changes been consistent? Can future changes in air temperature and sea level be predicted? In this unit, students ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Recent climate data, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Recent climate data
Resource Type: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests, Activities
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic/Computation, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Spreadsheets, Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Altimetry
Collection Source: GETSI
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GETSI Developed This material was developed and reviewed through the GETSI curricular materials development process.
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