Mapping Sea Level Rise

Mapping Sea Level Rise
http://www.arcticclimatemodeling.org/lessons/acmp/acmp_912_ClimateChange_MappingSeaLevelRise.pdf

Geophysical Institute of University of Fairbanks

In this activity, students will learn the difference between sea ice and glaciers in relation to sea level rise. They will create and explore topographic maps as a means of studying sea level rise and how it will affect Alaska's coastline.

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Disciplinary Core Ideas: 1

MS-ESS3.B1: Mapping the history of natural hazards in a region, combined with an understanding of related geologic forces can help forecast the locations and likelihoods of future events.

Cross Cutting Concepts: 4

Patterns, Cause and effect, Scale, Proportion and Quantity

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Patterns, Cause and effect, Scale, Proportion and Quantity

MS-C1.2: Patterns in rates of change and other numerical relationships can provide information about natural and human designed systems

MS-C1.4: Graphs, charts, and images can be used to identify patterns in data.

MS-C2.2: Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems.

MS-C3.1: Time, space, and energy phenomena can be observed at various scales using models to study systems that are too large or too small.

Climate Literacy

This Activity builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.

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Climate change has consequences

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2. Knowledge of Environmental Processes and Systems:2.1 The Earth as a Physical System:A) Processes that shape the Earth
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A) Processes that shape the Earth.

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Middle School

Disciplinary Core Ideas: 1

Cross Cutting Concepts: 4

Science and Engineering Practices: 2

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