CONCEPT - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE


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History's Thermometers - NOAA Ocean Explorer


Lesson Plan 

Summary
Students track climate changes through changes in oxygen isotopes using data from deep-sea corals.

Concept: Global climate change
Ocean processes have major effects on global climate change; global climate change could have major impacts on the ocean.

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Top to Bottom - NOAA Ocean Explorer


Lesson Plan 

Summary
Students explore the possible impacts on deep sea ecosystems associated with changes in thermohaline circulation resulting from climate change.

Concept: Global climate change
Ocean processes have major effects on global climate change; global climate change could have major impacts on the ocean.

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Where have all the glaciers gone? - NOAA Ocean Explorer


Lesson Plan 

Summary
Students investigate how changes in climate are affecting sea-ice, vegetation, and glaciers in the arctic, region.  Students explore the “positive” and “negative” results of these changes.

Concept: Global climate change
Ocean processes have major effects on global climate change; global climate change could have major impacts on the ocean.

Education Standards