Activating Prior Knowledge and Building Background
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READY
What do I know?
● Climate change is
something that
negatively affects Earth
● Has to be a big issue if
it is talked about a lot in
the news and is an
important political topic
● Has something to do
with greenhouse gases
● It is causing
temperatures to be
higher and higher and
also why polar ice caps
are melting
SET GO
What new information do I What new information do I
think I will gather? have?
● Understanding the
difference or similarity
between climate
change and global
warming
● The reasons why
climate is changing
● How people contribute
to the problem
● The outcome of
continuing changes in
climate
● How people, animals,
and the environment
are being affected
WHOA
What questions do I still have?
● Electricity and heat
production are the
largest greenhouse gas
emitter in the economic
sector
● Climate change is
defined as the
long-term change in
Earth’s overall
temperature with
large-scale permanent
impacts
● Food webs will be
impacted if a species
becomes extinct or can
no longer survive in its
environment
● Causes:
- Burning of fossil fuels
- Cutting down forests
- Increase in livestock
farming
- Humans are major
contributors especially
since the industrial
revolution
● Effects:
- Inland flash flooding
● Why are not more
people concerned
about the severity of
this issue?
● How am I contributing
to climate change?
● What are things I can
do to combat this
problem?
● What are things my
community can do to
combat this problem?
● How can I get others to
join me in reducing
their carbon footprint?
● How long can Earth
sustain these changes
without life being
affected?
● What trends in
temperatures have we
seen over the years?
- increases intensity
and duration of heat
waves
- changes in water
availability for human
consumption
- environments in
which crops will not be
able to grow and thrive