ESS3.D: Global climate change
In this audio slideshow, an ecologist from the University of Florida describes the radiocarbon dating technique that scientists use to determine the amount of carbon within the permafrost of the Arctic tundra.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
permafrost
Climate Change
feedback
A video that examines what will happen to crops as Earth's temperature rises and soils dry out because of changing climate. An accompanying activity is linked.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Climate Change
Drought
Agriculture
his activity uses a qualitative nitrate test to observe results of some conversions and transformations in the nitrogen cycle.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Nitrogen cycle
Soil chemistry
Plant nutrition
Nutrient supply
Nutrient cycling
Soils and Plant Growth
Article about the potential role soil microbes can play in capturing greenhouse gases.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Methanotrophs
Greenhouse Gases
Soil Quality
Soil Management
methane
Climate Change
Soil Biology
Through an experiment, students learn what desertification is, where it occurs, why it occurs, and how it is linked to climate change.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Desertification
Agriculture
Farming
Management
overgrazing
Tillage
Soil Degradation
Human Impact
Soil Conservation
This game investigates the ways in which the choices farmers make can influence both crop yields and greenhouse gas emissions.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Farming
Agriculture
conventional tilling
no-till
greenhouse gas emissions
crop yields
Management
Organic Matter
Human Impact
Soil Degradation
Soils and Agriculture
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