HES Activity 6.2 Overview

Target Student Performance

Students use graphs of projections from computer models to consider the impacts of increasing atmospheric CO₂ on Earth’s systems and on living things.

Resources Provided

• 6.2 How Our Decisions Affect the Earth’s Future PPT

Recurring Resources

• (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
• Learning Tracking Tool for Human Energy Systems (1 per student)
• Assessing the Learning Tracking Tool for Human Energy Systems

Setup

Prepare a computer with a projector to display the presentation. Print one copy of Big Idea Probe: What Would Happen if We Cut Fossil Fuel Use in Half? per student if you are using it.