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Climate Change, Coral Bleaching, and Human Impacts

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Students explore the Pacific ocean biodome and familiarize themselves with its fragile ecosystem, then investigate why corals experienced mass bleaching events on Earth in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Science and Engineering Practices

  • Ask questions to identify and/or clarify evidence and/or the premise(s) of an argument.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

  • Human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth’s mean surface temperature (global warming). Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whatever climate changes do occur depend on the understanding of climate science, engineering capabilities, and other kinds of knowledge, such as understanding of human behavior and on applying that knowledge wisely in decisions and activities.

Crosscutting Concepts

  • Stability might be disturbed either by sudden events or gradual changes that accumulate over time.

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