Climate Change Lesson 5 : Climate Forcing and Uncertainty

Created Feb. 5, 2024 by Michigan Geographic Alliance

Students will be able to:

1. Identify major factors (forcings) which influence climate change.

2. Describe possible sources of uncertainty in climate modeling.

Michigan Grade Level Content

Expectations

Grade 6-7 Science:

• Describe the origins of pollution in the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere (car exhaust, industrial emissions, acid rain, and natural sources) and how pollution impacts habitats, climatic change, threatens or endangers species. E.ES.07.42

HS Earth Science:

• Analyze the empirical relationship between the emissions of carbon dioxide, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, and the average global temperature over the past 150 years. E5.4C

HS Biology:

• List the possible causes and consequences of global warming. B3.4e

Climate Literacy Principles

• #4. Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man made processes.

• #5. Our understanding of the climate system is improved through observations, theoretical studies, and modeling.

• #6. Human activities are impacting the climate system.

Standards