Content Objectives
Throughout this unit, students will engage deeply with the third grade NGSS standards and Illinois social studies standards to learn about our planet and their geographic location on Earth. They will complete experiments to learn why different parts of the Earth have different climates and learn the details of their local climate. They will learn how to identify their geographic location on a map and how to label it correctly. In our lessons, students will be able to explain why a particular place has a certain climate based on its geography. Students will learn about how climate differs from weather and use meteorological data and mathematical reasoning to see how the climate in their region has changed over time. Students will compare historic and present temperature and precipitation trends to see, tangibly, what the term climate change means. From there, students will research the causes and effects of climate change in the Great Lakes region to deeply understand the connection between the graphs they have created and what is happening in their local community. Students will have the opportunity to choose a climate change intervention tool and evaluate its usefulness. They will also make recommendations about how the item/intervention could be improved to help protect the Great Lakes region from the damaging effects of climate change.
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