I have done a similar activity with my 8th graders. It was interesting to read the information that they had come up with both supporting the concept of global warming and against global warming.
As the experiment showed, the ice that is in the ocean water, will not affect the level of the ocean, but as the land based ice in the polar caps and the glaciers melt, the ocean levels will rise. This rise will cause flooding along shorelines and will affect certain islands. The loss of the polar ice caps also will affect the overall atmospheric temperature and winds. Inland areas will experience warmer temperatures and loss of moisture that affects how crops grow and if certain important crops can be grown.
I would like to research more on how the loss of the polar ice caps affect the Great Lakes where I grow. I would also like to work this activity into an interdisciplinary lesson.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Lesson Plan
What a week. It is the week before Midterms for my sixth and seventh graders and it has been a week of reviewing and making sure all missing assignments are in., They are all nervous, first time for both to have midterms.
I was glad to see the choices of the lessons we were prepare. With my sixth graders, we will be starting to study plate tectonics and earthquakes after midterms. Preparing this lesson for the assignment makes that week after midterms a little easier. :) My hardest part with this lesson is the fact that I have taught this subject for eighth graders before and this is my first year teaching sixth graders and there is a big difference in their understanding of the different subject matter. Their attention span is smaller also. When I wrote this lesson, I wanted to make sure that there were different activities to help keep their attention. I have a great little video from Discovery Education that I plan on showing as an introduction along with them doing the puzzle of the continents. I plan on the students researching the different evidence out there for plate tectonics and then make a PowerPoint presentation. I am concerned that much of the information is over their heads, so I will continue to look for appropriate websites next week. I am also using the lesson as an introduction into the study of earthquakes.
I was glad to see the choices of the lessons we were prepare. With my sixth graders, we will be starting to study plate tectonics and earthquakes after midterms. Preparing this lesson for the assignment makes that week after midterms a little easier. :) My hardest part with this lesson is the fact that I have taught this subject for eighth graders before and this is my first year teaching sixth graders and there is a big difference in their understanding of the different subject matter. Their attention span is smaller also. When I wrote this lesson, I wanted to make sure that there were different activities to help keep their attention. I have a great little video from Discovery Education that I plan on showing as an introduction along with them doing the puzzle of the continents. I plan on the students researching the different evidence out there for plate tectonics and then make a PowerPoint presentation. I am concerned that much of the information is over their heads, so I will continue to look for appropriate websites next week. I am also using the lesson as an introduction into the study of earthquakes.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
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