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E. Climate Change Adaptations and Mitigation
Day: 12-13
Grade Level: 8
Time Required: 180 Minutes
Essential Question: How will Worcester County respond to conditions brought about as
a result of climate change?
National Science Standards Addressed:
H.C.4 Interdependence of organisms
e. Human beings live within the world's ecosystems. Increasingly, humans modify
ecosystems as a result of population growth, technology, and consumption. Human destruction of
habitats through direct harvesting, pollution, atmospheric changes, and other factors is threatening
current global stability, and if not addressed, ecosystems will be irreversibly affected.
H.F.4 Environmental quality
a. Natural ecosystems provide an array of basic processes that affect humans. Those
processes include maintenance of the quality of the atmosphere, generation of soils, control of the
hydrologic cycle, disposal of wastes, and recycling of nutrients. Humans are changing many of
these basic processes, and the changes may be detrimental to humans.
Objective: Students will investigate major components of document entitled The Sea
Level Rise Response Strategy for Worcester County, Maryland and participate in a
question/answer session with the county official responsible for the development and
implementation of this document.
Presentation
(2 pts)
Student is rehearsed; knows what he/she is talking about
(4 pts)
Student makes eye contact with class and does not stare
at the screen
(2 pts)
Student can be heard at the back of the room
(2 pts)
Student conducts him/herself with maturity.
(4 pts)
Student demonstrates creativity in script/props/delivery
(2 pts)
Sources
All sources are documented on the final slide
(2 pts)
TOTAL
SCORE: /50
