Week Six: Deforestation
Earth System Science Classroom Activities
Weeks 4, 5, and 6 make up a three-week cycle on deforestation. Currently, you are in the Classroom Application week of the cycle.

This week you should refer to the resources listed under Readings & Recommendations, and you need to complete the assignment listed under Classroom Application Assignment & Rubric. This week’s assignment focuses on …

  • Creating or contributing activities to help your students develop the concepts you have explored in your studies of deforestation
  • Contributing to Resource Space the location of Internet sites or print material you have discovered that can be used as content resources or activities for students
  • Responding to other class members' contributions

You have the option of doing an extra credit Local Event Study.


Suggested Activities for Your Students

Global Change: Change and Cycles, Where Land, Air, and Water Meet.
This activity discusses atmospheric content--such as parts per million. It helps students understand concern over changes in carbon dioxide, methane and other trace gases.

"When the Sulfur Flows-You Get Temperature Lows." Ground Truth Studies Teacher Handbook. pp. 35-39.  

Classroom Application Assignment & Rubric
This week you will develop cooperative activities that engage your students in understanding Earth as a system through analyzing the causes and effects of an event.

Click on Classroom Application Assignment & Rubric for directions.

Local Event Assignment & Rubric
You also have the option of doing a Local Event Assignment & Rubric this week.


Readings & Recommendations

Read: “Volcanoes and Global Cooling.” Welcome to NASA's Earth Science Enterprise: Educational Activity Supplement. pp. 31-34

Read: "Earth Through Time." Forecasting the Future. pp. 127-133.

Recommended Web Sites: Observation of the Week Archive at NASA's Observatorium.

Women of NASA: Learn about the women who have launched a thousand space probes.

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