Students explore locations affected by climate change

1. ENTRY TASK:
•HOW DOES CLIMATE
CHANGE IMPACT
HUMAN LIVES?

2. • STUDENTS WILL HAVE A HEI QUIZ NEXT WEEK!
SECTIONS 1, 2 AND 3 WILL HAVE THE QUIZ ON SUNDAY, MAY
22ND.
SECTION 4 WILL TAKE THE QUIZ ON MONDAY, MAY 23RD.
PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS FOR THE QUIZ:
• THE “GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH”
• NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY
• FOSSIL FUELS
• RENEWABLE ENERGY
• GREENHOUSE GASES
• GLOBAL WARMING
• CLIMATE CHANGE
• EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
HOW TO STUDY FOR THE QUIZ:
• INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
• PRESENTATIONS POSTED ON THE BLOG

3. INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK:
•TITLE = CLIMATE CHANGE
•RIGHT SIDE = CLIMATE CHANGE
MAP

4. • CLIMATE CHANGE MAP:
• LABEL AND COLOR THE FOLLOWING:
• ANTARCTICA
• AFRICA
• SWITZERLAND
• RUSSIA
• INDIA
• BANGLADESH
• TIBET
• FIJI
• CANADA

5. THE GLOBAL EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE

6. CLIMATE CHANGE
MAP:
•FOR EACH REGION,
SUMMARIZE ONE EFFECT
AND WRITE IT IN AS
NOTES ON THE MAP.

7. ANTARCTICA
1.CHINSTRAP PENGUINS HAVE
BEGUN TO EXPAND THEIR
HABITAT, PREFERRING OPEN-
WATER HABITAT TO PACK
ICEICE IS MELTING SO THEY
ARE LOSING THEIR HABITAT.
2.PENGUINS ARE DYING. IN THIS
LOCATION, WHERE ONCE OVER
16,000 ADELIE PENGUINS
STOOD TWENTY- FIVE YEARS

8. AFRICA
1.IN AFRICA, HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF
MALARIA IN A HIGHLANDS
AREA THAT PREVIOUSLY
HAD NOT BEEN EXPOSED.
2.IN SAHEL, AFRICA, THE
WORST DROUGHT IN 60
YEARS IS STILL OCCURRING.
3.92% OF MT. KENYA’S
GLACIER HAS MELTED IN THE
LAST 100 YEARS.

9. CANADA
1. THE POLAR BEAR
POPULATION HAS
DECLINED FROM
AROUND 1,200 BEARS
IN 1987 TO LESS THAN
950 BEARS IN 2004.
2.SEA ICE FROM RUSSIA
TO NORTH AMERICA IS

10. INDIA & BANGLADESH
1.IN BANGLADESH, A DENSELY
POPULATED LOCATION,
RESEARCHERS FOUND A
STRONG RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MORE INTENSE EL
NINO EVENTS AND
OUTBREAKS OF CHOLERA.
2.THERE HAS BEEN INCREASED
FLOODING IN MANY INDIAN
COASTAL ZONES.

11. FIJI
1.IN THE VACATION DESTINATION
ISLAND OF FIJI, LOCAL
INHABITANTS AT 16 SITES
REPORT THAT THE ISLAND'S
AVERAGE SHORELINE HAS BEEN
RECEDING 6 INCHES PER YEAR
FOR THE PAST 90 YEARS.
2.THERE ARE REPORTS OF MORE
CORAL BLEACHING DUE TO
ALGAE DYING.
3.IT IS PREDICTED THAT IN 10

12. SWITZERLAN
D
1. IN THIS MOUNTAINOUS REGION
IN SWITZERLAND, THE
PERMAFROST THAT ANCHORS
THE CLIFF IS MELTING.
2. THE RAPID RETREAT OF THE
GURSCHEN GLACIER HAS
FORCED A SKI RESORT TO WRAP
ITS SHRINKING ICE CAP UNDER
A PLASTIC BLANKET IN AN
EFFORT TO REDUCE THE
SUMMER MELT.
3. IN THIS LOCATION, SCIENTISTS
HAVE OBSERVED FIVE MILLION
TONS OF ROCK SLOWLY SLIDING
OFF EIGER, A MAGNIFICENT

13. RUSSIA1. DROUGHT AND HIGH WINDS
FUELED FIRES WHICH DESTROYED
3.7 MILLION ACRES OF TAIGA AND
THREATENED TWO IMPORTANT
NATURE RESERVES THAT ARE
HABITAT FOR THE ONLY REMAINING
AMUR TIGERS IN RUSSIA.
2. LARGE EXPANSES OF TUNDRA
PERMAFROST ARE MELTING. IN
SOME REGIONS, THE RATE OF
THAWING OF THE UPPER GROUND
IS NEARLY 8 INCHES PER YEAR.
3. IN THIS LOCATION, LAKE BAIKAL
HAS HAD A SHORTER FREEZING

14. TIBET1. IN THE TIBETAN REGION KNOWN AS
THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, THE
CAPITAL HAD THE WARMEST JUNE ON
RECORD IN 1998. TEMPERATURES
HOVERED ABOVE 77 DEGREES F FOR
23 DAYS.
2. BASED ON ICE CORES FROM THE
DASUOPU GLACIER, TIBET HAD THE
WARMEST DECADE ON RECORD IN
1,000 YEARS.
3. METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS FOR THE
TIBETAN PLATEAU SHOW THAT
ANNUAL TEMPERATURES INCREASED
0.4 DEGREES F PER DECADE AND

15. •INTERACTIVE
NOTEBOOK:
•LEFT SIDE = KIRIBATI VIDEO
NOTES

16. • KIRIBATI VIDEOS - WATCH BOTH VIDEOS IN
ORDER TO FILL OUT THE NOTES.
• LEVELS 1 AND 2 SHOULD BE FILLED OUT DURING
THE FILM.
• LEVEL 3 CAN BE FILLED OUT AFTER IN PAIRS OR
INDIVIDUALLY.
• DISCUSS ANSWERS AS A CLASS
• LEVEL 3 - CONSIDER THE EFFECT SOCIALLY AND
CULTURALLY AND POLITICALLY OF THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF THESE ISLANDS.
• WHO IS AT FAULT? CAN IT BE STOPPED? WHO SHOULD
HELP? MAY WANT TO THEN EXTEND THIS TO OTHER
CITIESWHAT HAPPENS IF THE COAST OF JAPAN OR