Pam Shoemaker Climate Change

This post was edited by Pam Shoemaker on Apr, 2010
In this lesson, students will obtain annual predictions for minimum temperature, maximum temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation for Michigan and California to explore regional variability. Data will span the years 2000 through 2100. Students analyze data using a spreadsheet application to interpret regional differences in climate change.

There are two online video tutorials I made to help students analyze the huge spreadsheet data and the links are provided on the lesson plan.

There are four files with projected climate data (Michigan and California, annual averages 2000-2100). This is the first file.

There are four files with projected climate data (Michigan and California, annual averages 2000-2100). This is the second file.

There are four files with projected climate data (Michigan and California, annual averages 2000-2100). This is the third file.

There are four files with projected climate data (Michigan and California, annual averages 2000-2100). This is the fourth file.

I wrote some data analysis questions for students to complete after they average all four data sets.

Students create a presentation to share what they’ve learned. Examples may include: poster, public service announcement, podcast, news article, video. This is the assessment rubric.

Implementation sharing template