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

• 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 • ARTICLES & VIDEOS POSTED ON THE GOOGLE CLASSROOM• HTTP://WWW.GEOCRAFT.COM/WVFOSSILS/GLOBWARMTEST/Q3.HTM

INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK:

•TITLE = CLIMATE CHANGE

•RIGHT SIDE = CLIMATE CHANGE MAP

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

THE GLOBAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

CLIMATE CHANGE MAP:

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

ANTARCTICA1. CHINSTRAP PENGUINS HAVE

BEGUN TO EXPAND THEIR HABITAT, PREFERRING OPEN-

WATER HABITAT TO PACK ICEICE 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 AGO, THE

POPULATION IS REDUCED BY 33%.

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.

CANADA1. 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

MELTING.

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.

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 YEARS, THE ISLAND OF TUVALA

WILL BE UNDERWATER.

SWITZERLAND1. 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 MOUNTAIN IN THE NORTHERN ALPS.

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 PERIOD

FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

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 WINTER

TEMPERATURES INCREASED 0.6 DEGREES F PER DECADE FROM

1955 TO 1996

•INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK:

•LEFT SIDE = KIRIBATI VIDEO NOTES

• 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 CITIESWHAT HAPPENS IF THE COAST OF JAPAN OR CALIFORNIA GETS TAKEN DOWN?