Here ia an excellent booklet to help you fill in the worksheets.
A. General Overview: What is Climate Change?
B. Human Influences on the Atmosphere
C. Detecting and Attributing Climate Change
E. Impacts of Climate Change
F. Scientific Credibility and Human Response
SHEETS (spaces removed below for projection purposes) Download worksheets for class activity
(A) SCIENCE 10 - CLIMATE CHANGE JIGSAW
Describe how natural phenomena affects climate eg. changes in the earth’s orbit (Coriolis effect), volcanic eruptions, El Nino and La Nina, solar variations.
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NATURAL PHENOMENON |
HOW IT AFFECTS CLIMATE |
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Coriolis effect |
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Volcanic eruptions |
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Solar variations |
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(B) SCIENCE 10 - CLIMATE CHANGE JIGSAW
Describe how climate can be influenced by human activities eg. greenhouse gases, depletion of ozone layer, etc.
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HUMAN ACTIVITIES AFFECTING CLIMATE |
HOW IT AFFECTS CLIMATE |
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Greenhouse gases |
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Depletion of the ozone layer |
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(C) SCIENCE 10 - CLIMATE CHANGE JIGSAW
Describe how climate change affects natural systems eg. shrinking of the permafrost region, effect on glaciers, oceans, etc.
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NATURAL SYSTEM AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE |
HOW ARE THEY AFFECTED? |
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Shrinking of permafrost region |
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Effect on glaciers |
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Effect on oceans |
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(D) SCIENCE 10 - CLIMATE CHANGE JIGSAW
Describe the impact of climate change on people and places around the world. Eg. flooding, droughts, etc.
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WHERE AND WHEN |
HOW HAS CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTED HUMANS? |
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(E) SCIENCE 10 - CLIMATE CHANGE JIGSAW
Describe ways we can minimize the impact of climate change on society.
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WAYS WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOCIETY |
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WORK WITH GROUP MEMBERS TO COMPLETE THIS SHEET.
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How natural phenomena affects climate |
How human activities can influence climate |
How climate change affects natural systems |
How climate change has impacted the world |
Ways we can minimize the impact of climate change on the world |
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Coriolis effect -
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Greenhouse gases - |
Shrinking of permafrost region - |
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Volcanic eruptions-
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Effect on glaciers |
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El Nino -
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Effect on oceans -
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La Nina - |
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Solar variations - |
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