When Will the Next Ice Age Happen?
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Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Earth and Space Sciences
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What it is
- This animated video explains Earth's climate history and the variation in climate that has occurred over time.
- Students will learn what caused the historical swings in the Earth's climate and what is causing the rise in global temperatures today.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This video provides an evidence-based overview of the history of Earth's climate and human-caused global climate change.
- The assessment and discussion questions allow students to reflect on what they learned.
- The video ends with a call to action, encouraging students that no one is too young to take action.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students must create an account with an email address to answer the quiz questions.
- Students must be 13 years of age or older to create an account.
- Teachers can create an account to save student answers and embed lessons in Google Classroom.
- In the Dig Deeper section, the links to the first resource and the ice ages resource are broken.
Differentiation
- This is a great resource to use in a unit about Earth's climate and geologic timescales.
- Students can use the additional resources in the Dig Deeper tab to explore this topic further.
- Additional resources similar to this topic include this Google Earth Timelapse of the warming planet and this interactive textbook lesson that teaches about climate change in Earth's history.
From the scientist review
The video is insightful, it presents historical evidence on the impact of CO2 on glaciation and the need to take collective action to reduce CO2 levels. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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