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Overview:
Earth's climate system is enormously complex, and scientists develop climate models to understand how climate change will play out in different parts of the world. Students play a climate resilience game, and then explore the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 5th Assessment Report to learn more about how climate scientists handle uncertainty in models.Author/Source:
MIT Climate Portal Grade:
9-12 Discipline:
Earth science Time:
up to 2 hours Teaching tips:
The podcast portion can be assigned as outside-of-class listening for flipped classrooms. Concepts:
Correspondence to the Next Generation Science Standards is indicated in parentheses after each relevant concept. See our conceptual framework for details. - Because it has been tested, scientific knowledge is reliable. (NOS3)
- The process of science involves observation, exploration, testing, communication, and application.
- Scientists can test ideas about events and processes long past, very distant, and not directly observable.
- Scientists use multiple research methods (experiments, observational research, comparative research, and modeling) to collect data. (P2, P3, P4, NOS1)
- Scientists look for patterns in their observations and data. (P4, P5, NOS2)
- Scientific knowledge informs public policies and regulations that promote our health, safety, and environmental stewardship.
- Problem-solving and decision-making benefit from a scientific approach.
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