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Climate Literacy
About Teaching Climate Literacy
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Energy Literacy
7.1 Economic security.
7.3 Environmental quality.
7.6 Vulnerable populations.
5.5 Political factors.
2.4 Water stores and transfers energy.
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Teaching Tips
- Norfolk, Virginia has a major base of the U.S. Navy, which takes climate change and sea level rise very seriously.
- See: Rear Admiral David Titley, Oceanographer and Navigator of the US Navy- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2yvky_xmwk&feature=related
About the Science
- This video offers a case study of a community where sea level rise is already an issue and a glimpse of the related social and infrastructure issues.
- Comments from expert scientist: It mentions both land-ice melt and thermal expansion of water as drivers of sea-level rise. Resource includes the role of local subsidence (Norfolk, VA is built on drained wetlands–easily compressed compared to bedrock).
About the Pedagogy
- This video offers viewers an example of how climate change impacts a community through sea level rise.
- Can be used to spark discussion and further research.
- A good complement to other CLEAN sea level rise resources.
Related URLs These related sites were noted by our reviewers but have not been reviewed by CLEAN
- Bases at Risk: http://global-warning.org/main/installations/
- NY Times article on Norfolk: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/science/earth/26norfolk.html
- U.S. Navy Climate Change Roadmap: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/documents/CCR.pdf
Next Generation Science Standards See how this Video supports:
Middle School
Disciplinary Core Ideas: 3
MS-ESS2.D1:Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atmospheric flow patterns.
MS-ESS2.D3:The ocean exerts a major influence on weather and climate by absorbing energy from the sun, releasing it over time, and globally redistributing it through ocean currents.
MS-ESS3.D1:Human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth’s mean surface temperature (global warming). Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whatever climate changes do occur depend on the understanding of climate science, engineering capabilities, and other kinds of knowledge, such as understanding of human behavior and on applying that knowledge wisely in decisions and activities.
High School
Disciplinary Core Ideas: 3
HS-ESS2.D1:The foundation for Earth’s global climate systems is the electromagnetic radiation from the sun, as well as its reflection, absorption, storage, and redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and land systems, and this energy’s re-radiation into space.
HS-ESS2.D3:Changes in the atmosphere due to human activity have increased carbon dioxide concentrations and thus affect climate.
HS-ESS3.D1:Though the magnitudes of human impacts are greater than they have ever been, so too are human abilities to model, predict, and manage current and future impacts.
