Target Student Performance
Students express ideas and record questions about why Arctic sea ice seems to be shrinking.
Resources You Provide
- sticky notes (1 per student)
- (Optional) Powers of Ten video
Resources Provided
- 1.2 Expressing Ideas and Questions about Arctic Sea Ice PPT
- 1.2 Expressing Ideas and Questions Tool for Arctic Sea Ice
- 1.2 Assessing the Expressing Ideas and Questions Tool for Arctic Sea Ice
- 1.2 Human Energy Systems Storyline Reading: Learning from the Work of an Atmospheric Chemist (1 per student)
Recurring Resources
- Questions, Connections, Questions Student Reading Strategy
- (Optional) Big Idea Probe: What Would Happen if We Cut Fossil Fuel Use in Half (1 per student)
- (Optional) Assessing the Big Idea Probe: What Would Happen if We Cut Fossil Fuel Use in Half
Setup
Prepare a computer with a projector to display the 1.2 Expressing Ideas and Questions about Arctic Sea Ice PPT. If you are planning on using the poster to record student ideas, print the poster ahead of class and prepare sticky notes for each student. Print one copy for each student of 1.2 Expressing Ideas and Questions Tool for Arctic Sea Ice and 1.2 Human Energy Systems Storyline Reading: Learning from the Work of an Atmospheric Chemist.