Instruction
Changing Planet
Part one: Changing Planet-The scientific method and climate change. Choose one of the following videos from the NBC learns site and answer the questions on the activity card about the scientific method. (if no activity card answer the questions below)
Mosquitoes
Grapevines
Lizards
Melting glaciers
Permafrost
Ocean temperatures
Withering crops
http://www.nbclearn.com/changingplanet/cuecard/53460
Questions:
Does this news report indicate:
The hypothesis? Describe the experiment or observation.
The independent variable? (such as temperature)
The dependent variable? (what is being impacted)
What evidence researchers found that supported their hypothesis?
What evidence researchers found that refuted their hypothesis?
Size of the survey, study or sample?
Length of time over which survey, study or experiment was done?
If a control or control group was used?
If initial results and conclusions were reproduced or repeated or challenged/disputed?
Part two: (about climate change in general, not "Changing Planet" specifically) What are the global impacts of climate change? Give an example from another country (different than above from Changing Planet). How is the human impact on climate change an international issue? What role does energy choice play? (include your sources)