Teaching Tips

• Consider demonstrating this simulation as a class. Consider facilitating a discussion about how the increasing tempo/tones make students feel. Possible answers may include anxious, energetic, motivated, or nervous.
• The resource provides several ideas for extension and the lesson is clearly explained and easily implemented.
• This resource includes a teacher guide to help direct student engagement and discussion. This activity is largely discussion based, however the guide suggests that educators use a written assignment as an exit-ticket after the discussion to assess students learning outcomes.

About the Content

• This activity examines temperature, arctic sea ice, and precipitation over time and asks students to analyze and predict how these might change in the future.
• The data used in the models comes from credible, cited sources and is appropriately rigorous for the intended age group.
• Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.

About the Pedagogy

• Learning outcomes are very clearly stated and there are no prerequisites needed. The activities ask students to study and interpret data.
• This lesson may appeal to diverse learners in that it presents the data in a variety of ways including reading, graphs, and sonification.
• Students are able to interact with each measurement on it's own, or all together to understand both the changes that have already occurred, and how these change in the future with a business as usual model.

• This resource engages students in using scientific data.
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Technical Details/Ease of Use

• This resource is complete in scope and ready to use.
• The lesson is technologically sound. It would be best implemented in a class where each student has access to a laptop/device and headphones. Teacher preparation time is minimal.