HES Lesson 2 Overview

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Overview

Using a jigsaw activity, students discuss generalizability, representation, and short-term variability using four different large-scale data sets related to climate change: global temperature, sea level rise, long-term atmospheric CO₂ concentration, and short-term atmospheric CO₂ annual cycle.

Guiding Question

What is happening to global temperature, atmospheric carbon dioxide, and sea level?

Activities in this Lesson

• Activity 2.1: Home Groups: Four Considerations for Large-Scale Data (45 min)
• Activity 2.2: Expert Groups: Analysis of Large-Scale Data (45 min)
• Activity 2.3: Home Groups: Share Expertise (60 minutes)
• Activity 2.4: Evidence-Based Arguments for Patterns in Earth Systems (30 min)

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