About This Lesson
Description:
Following up on the demonstrations in Today I Learned About Sea Level Rise, Part 1, Dive Deeper assignments lead students to explore data related to the impacts of thermal expansion, land ice melt, storm surge, and high-tide flooding. Teams of students each learn about these topics and bring their learning together in a jigsaw.
SWBAT:
- Understand that the burning of fossil fuels is causing a buildup of heat-trapping gases, which is warming the atmosphere and ocean.
- Explain that melting land ice adds to rising seas, while melting sea ice does not.
- Explain that warm water molecules expand, taking up more space.
- Discuss the impacts of sea level rise on the effects of storm surge.
- Explain the concept of high-tide or ‘sunny day’ flooding.
- Investigate solutions for sea level rise.
Skills:
- Observation
- Interactive online models
- Graphing
- Communication
