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Access Free Lesson Plan Here: Climate Impacts on Crops
This lesson focuses on how climate change impacts agriculture. Students focus on how heat extremes and changes in precipitation will affect crop yields.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch videos showing how climate change will impact agriculture. Students create a hypothesis that states how high heat and increased amounts of water might affect the germination of seeds.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students set up an experiment within the classroom and then observe their crops for a set amount of weeks, collecting data on their data sheets.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students write a conclusion showing the results of the data they collected and make a comparison between their experiment and climate change.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to design an experiment to test weather extremes on crops.
- Students will be able to accurately report their findings from their experiment.
This lesson is aligned to New Jersey standards.
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