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Cooler Communities was created with support from the SoCal Heat Hub at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
UC San Diego with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF #2209058).
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can we make our communities cooler?
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can we make our communities cooler?
ANCHOR PHENOMENON: THE LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE DIFFERS ACROSS OUR CITY.
14 LESSONS | SEE BELOW LESSONS FOR FULL PROJECT DESCRIPTION ⬇️
Lesson 2
Session 1: Why do land surface temperatures differ across San Diego?
Session 2: How have humans interacted with the land through time?
Lesson 10
How can individuals and communities use scientific understanding to protect the Earth’s resources and environments?
Lesson 14 (OPTIONAL)
How can we solve the problem of increasing land surface temperatures?
COOLER COMMUNITIES PROJECT DESCRIPTION
COOLER COMMUNITIES PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Students embark on a journey of discovery, innovation, and action to understand global change in our communities. Students learn how Earth systems interact and use systems thinking to model their understanding of global change using the Understanding Global Change (UGC) framework. They collect data on land surface temperatures and vegetation in their communities and research how humans impact land surface temperatures. As climate champions, students design community maps that cultivate a cooler community for the future.
Click the green buttons below to access the aligned standards in the Scope and Sequence document, along with final product resources and student work samples from the project.
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