National Education Standards Met:

Language Arts discipline

Goal: Students use everyday items and link how changes in the climate could affect those items.

Objectives: Students will:

• Research the effects of climate changeLink those effects to specific items
• Relate how climate change affects their lives

Materials (For a class of 30):

• Jar of maple syrupBaltimore Orioles baseball hat or baseball card2 Ski Poles or warm hats (2 things representing cold and snow)Fishing Pole2 duck callsOyster shell or pearlsSnorkel and/or maskBirdhouse or bird nestPicture of the crocodile hunterFlorida Panthers trading card or hat or t-shirt12 Trail CardsEffects - Student TimelineAffecting Me - Student Sheet
• Card and Item Match Chart
   

Time: 45 minute period

Standards Met: G3, G5, LA2, LA4, LA6, LA7, LA11, LA12

Procedure:

• Divide students into groups of two or three.Give each group of students the Effects - Student Timeline.Review each stage of the timeline.Give each group of students 1 item.Read through each trail card.  Students should get the trail card that relates to their item.Allow students to fill in timeline showing how their item will be affected by global climate change.Give each student 12 blank copies of the timeline (enough to cover each presentation that will be made).Have each group present their findings.Each student should complete a timeline for each presentation.
• Give each student an Affecting Me - Student Sheet.
  *Alternative - you can simply give the students the trail cards without the items.
   

Homework:

• Each student should complete the Affecting Me - Student Sheet

Card and Item Match

Potential Effects - Student Timeline

Using the timeline below, fill in the boxes of the events related to global climate change that are currently anticipated to take place and how those events will affect your item.  You will need to share this information with the class.

Student Names:___________________________________________________

Item:______________________________________________________________

Click here for timeline chart

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Affecting Me - Student Sheet


Name:__________________________________________

Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. What major events do experts predict will happen due to global climate change?
   
    List one item presented in class that is affected by each of the events you noted in question 1.
   
    Brainstorm and list at least one additional item that will be affected by each of the events you noted in question 1.
   
    
2. How will Global Climate Change impact your everyday life?
   
    

Affecting Me - Teacher Answer Key


Name:__________________________________________

Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
  

1. What major events do experts predict will happen due to global climate change?
   
   Answers will vary depending on trail cards, but might include:
   
   Experts believe that.
   sea levels will rise, ocean water will warm, ocean water will become saltier, costal storms will happen more often, coastal storms will be more intense, droughts will happen more often, droughts will be more intense, winter will become longer in some places and non-existent in others, the average temperature will rise or fall in different geographic locations, etc.

 

2. List one item presented in class that is affected by each of the events you noted in question 1.
   
   Answers will vary depending on trail cards, but might include:
   
   Animal will be affected because their habitats could change.
   
   Brainstorm and list at least one additional item that will be affected by each of the events you noted in question 1.
   
   Answers will vary depending on trail cards and student, but might include:
   
   Islands could get smaller because the ocean is rising.
   
   
3. How will Global Climate Change impact your everyday life?
   
   Answers will vary depending on trail cards and student, but might include:
   
   If animals' habitat gets smaller, I could be around dangerous animals more often.
   
   If the environment changes, I might not be able to eat some of my favorite foods because they can't grow anymore. For example, maple trees won't grow so I won't be able to have maple syrup.
    

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