Air Quality - Chapter 8 : How Can Our Actions Impact the World?

Students will be able to:

1. Describe the greenhouse effect, global warming, and global climate change.

2. List the major greenhouse gases.

3. Explain the link between greenhouse gases generated by human activities and global climate change.

4. Interpret data and information relating to climate change in Michigan.


Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations:

Middle School:

MS-ESS3-4. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capital consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems. 

MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

MS-ESS2-5. Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses results in changes in weather conditions. 

High School:

HS-ESS3-6. Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.

HS-LS4-6. Create or revise a simulation to test a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of human activity on biodiversity.

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