About This Lesson
SCIENCE – Learn about climate change and how it affects shipping on the Great Lakes.
Learning Objectives:
Describe the historical context around ocean shipping. Explain how Great Lakes shipping differs and how climate change affects how much cargo a ship can carry.
Education Standards:
NGSS – Grade Level Disciplinary Core Ideas (2)
- MS-ESS3.D.1 (Grades 6-8 ): 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.
- HS-ESS2.D.6 (Grades 9-12 ): Current models predict that, although future regional climate changes will be complex and varied, average global temperatures will continue to rise. The outcomes predicted by global climate models strongly depend on the amounts of human-generated greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere each year and by the ways in which these gases are absorbed by the ocean and biosphere.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework (2)
- D2.Geo.6.6-8 (Grades 6-8): Individually and with others, students: Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
- D2.Geo.10.9-12 (Grades 9-12 ): Individually and with others, students: Evaluate how changes in the environmental and cultural characteristics of a place or region influence spatial patterns of trade and land use.
