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Unpacking Outcomes
Unpacking the Outcome
Analyze  impact
Analyze  need
Outcome (circle the verb and underline the qualifiers)
ES20-AS2 – Analyze current and potential future effects of global climate change on Earth and humans, including the need for
adaptation and mitigation strategies.
KNOW
UNDERSTAND
BE ABLE TO DO
Key vocabulary – anthropogenic,
policies, summits, models, organizations,
spatial scales, temporal scales,
adaptation, collaborative, satellite
imagery, ice core samples, dendrology,
vulnerability, latitudes, hypothesize,
consensus, mitigations, indicator region
The students will understand that:
 Science contributes to human
understanding of
anthropogenic effects on the
environment
 There are many indicators of
increasing global temperature
 The topic of global warming is
controversial
 Technologies exist to predict
climate change
 Certain parts of the world are
more vulnerable to climate
change
 Small climate changes can
have far-reaching effects
 Climate models predict future
effects of climate changes and
help us determine solutions
 Climate change has
tremendous impacts within
Saskatchewan
 Current patterns help predict
future outcomes
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Policies, models, summits and
organizations to examine: Canadian
Centre for Climate Modeling and
Analysis (CCCma), Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and
Prairie Adaptation Research
Collaborative (PARC)
Prior knowledge – contributors to
climate change, climate change policy
Concepts/ Skills to be learned –
climate models, how to support ideas,
climate change monitoring, governance
decision-making, analyzing impacts, how
to hypothesize, examining data
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Provide examples of how environmental science contributes to
human understanding of anthropogenic effects on the
environment.
Explore, on a variety of spatial and temporal scales, major
physical, biological, and social indicators of increasing global
temperatures
Examine the role of policies, summits, models, and organization in
obtaining a high degree of consensus among scientists regarding
anthropogenic climate change.(Recognize how techniques such
as satellite imagery, ice core samples, and dendrology are used to
build climate models that predict future effects of climate changes
with varying degrees of probability and reliability.
Explain the economic impact of climate change on agriculture,
energy, forestry, transportation, and/or tourism in Saskatchewan
Examine how policy makers use scientific information, including
climate model predictions, to develop adaptation and mitigation
strategies to respond to the effects of climate change.
Recognize differences in vulnerability to climate change impacts
and rates of change at northern versus equatorial latitudes,
specifically recognizing the Arctic as an indicator region, and the
impact on traditional lifestyles
Hypothesize how life on Earth might respond to changing global
climate given different scenarios change such as sea level rise,
extreme weather events, water shortages, increased spread of
disease, and flooding.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Why is climate change controversial? Why does it matter to so many people?
How does science work in studying climate change?
What do patterns now tell us about our future?
How do we mitigate climate change?
How do we know the Earth is heating up?
Who is at risk for suffering the greatest effects of climate change?
Why is a small change such a big deal?
Why do we use climate models?
Is climate change a big thing in Saskatchewan?