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What is climate change? A middle school lesson plan.

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*Note: This lab activity was submitted to Ward's Science by a third party educator for the sole purpose of sharing content and ideas with other educators. Ward's Science is not affiliated with the author of this lesson plan. All product recommendations made by Ward's Science are suggestions for completion or extension of the activity or topics addressed, but are not required to complete the activity. 5. Use https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2009/nov/soybean to locate the following information. Explain how scientists highlighted in this article are studying the relationship between climate change factors and crop yield._________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Use http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/agrirev.html to locate the following information. Create a pie chart of the data for 2009 agriculture production by commodity using excel. Save the graph under your name. Part II. You have three options for the second part of this assignment. Option 1. Create an electronic presentation of your findings from the web quest. Option 2. Conduct an interview with a local farmer regarding climate change and its effects on agriculture. Interview questions will be preapproved. Option 3. Write a letter to two political figures (Senators, Delegates, Governor) explaining how climate change could affect the economy of the Eastern Shore and reasons why we should address climate change via legislation.

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