Prehistoric Climate Change (And Why it Matters Today)

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Prehistoric Climate Change (And Why it Matters Today)

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Lesson plan introduces environmental issues while providing fun, challenging, real-world math problems. Students do the work of a team of paleontologists studying a time of rapid global warming 55 million years ago. By examining fossils of leaves from various tree species, and by incorporating the findings into a mathematical formula, they are able to tell average annual temperatures during this prehistoric time.

Education Levels:

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Geography, Natural History, History, Earth Science, Botany, Measurement, Writing (composition)

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

PDF

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies

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Keywords:

Climate change, Temperature, Fossils, Bighorn Basin, Cenozoic Era, Leaf-margin analysis

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers, Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Smithsonian Education

Contributor:

Stephen Binns

Is Part Of:

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science, Language Arts, History, Geography

Instructional Methods

Interaction Method:

Large Group instruction

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

Expressions and Equations

Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.

2. Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

Expressions and Equations

Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.

2. Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.

c. Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real-world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations).

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Production and Distribution of Writing

4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Writing Standards

Text Types and Purposes

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6—12

Craft and Structure

5. Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms (e.g., force, friction, reaction force, energy).

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