Week 13: Glaciers, Paris, and Sea Level

 

  1. What did you do in lab today?

    1. Today in lab, we got into groups and researched different parts of climate change. There were 3 groups, and they looked into precipitation, temperature, and ag and plant life. My group looked into how ag and plant life are affected by climate change. 

  2. What was the big question?

    1. How is climate change changing the world around us? 

  3. What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion?

    1. If you change the way you teach, all students can succeed 

    2. Glacier retreat 

    3. Sea level rise 

    4. Paris agreement

      1. An international treaty on climate change that was created to limit global warming to a change of 2 degrees Celsius (some goals are 1.5c °C)  - we have already warmed 1 degree Celsius since pre-industrial times 

      2. Includes 195 nations that meet together every 5 years to discuss progress toward goals 

      3. Adopted on December 12, 2015 

  4. Read chapter 13 of the textbook.

    1. What did you learn?

      1. Iowa's temperature is rising, and there will be more days with a temperature over 90 degrees. 

      2. Plants' habitats are changing, which affects all living things 

    2. What was the most helpful?

      1. This chapter was a nice refresher of what I researched in lab this week. 

    3. What do you need more information on?

      1. I do not need more information on anything from the textbook because most of what was in the textbook I had found when I was researching in lab this week. 

  5. What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have? 

    1. I do not have any questions, concerns, and/or comments after lab and lecture this week.

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