About this Learning Activity

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING:

• Climate change influences our lives.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

• What changes have I observed in my own life that may be related to climate change?

NGSS themes addressed:

• Practices- Developing models, communicating information
• Cross-cutting concepts- Stability and change, Patterns, Cause and effect
• Disciplinary core ideas- LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems; ESS2&3: Earth’s systems, Earth and Human Activity

Culturally-Responsive Curriculum Standards Addressed:

• A. Integrity of cultural knowledge that students brings with them
• E. Local knowledge and actions in a global context