Climate+Change+(6th+Grade+Unit)


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**Marilyn M. Spooner** **Grade Level: 6th Grade Earth Science** Unit Overview |Unit Rationale | Misconceptions Survey-Formative | Day 1- Engage | Day 2-Explore and Build Background | Unit Overview This unit can be described as an interesting unit on global climate change and nature of science concepts. Students will learn about the science of global climate change while employing and practicing specific nature of science concepts. The primary learning goals include students identifying, describing, explaining, and applying __nature of science concepts__ to current information and scientific facts or theories on __global climate change.__ __ Unit NOS concepts. __ The student will identify or recognize, describe, explain, or distinguish between the following concepts.  __ Unit climate change content includes: __ The student will identify or recognize, describe, explain, or distinguish between the following concepts. The primary method of instruction will be direct instruction, explicit-inquiry based labs, and small cooperative groups. The unit length is planned for 6 days. This unit can easily be adjusted if needed. **Unit Rationale:** The rationale for this unit is to enliven and construct scientific knowledge about current theories and debate on global climate change. This unit will bridge students understanding in the role of science, technology and society. This unit is also a vehicle to explicitly teach NOS concepts and principles to students.
 * Global Climate Change and Nature of Science Unit**
 * Day 3-Explore Lab | Day 4-Explore and Explain | Day 5&6- Explain and Elaborate:The Global Webquest |
 * Science requires empirical evidence
 * Scientific knowledge is tentative, but strong and self-correcting
 * Science has a subjective component
 * There are cultural, social and political influences on science
 * Difference between observation and inference
 * Laws and theories are related but distinct kinds of knowledge
 * Science and technology are not the same
 * Historical perspective of global warming (past and present)
 * Science of global warming
 * Satellite imagery/Extreme weather events
 * Current status of global climate change
 * Conservation and climate change