CCC - Module III

Module III - How Climate Change Affects Natural and Human Systems

Please make sure you are a registered Eco-School, participated in the free training through Wildlife University, and have read through the information on the Getting Started page.

Module III - How Climate Change Affects Natural and Human Systems, is an opportunity for students to get up close and personal with events and circumstances that are occurring now and affecting millions not only globally but across our nation.

Lesson 10: The Relationship between Arctic Sea Ice and Polar Bear Habitat

• Lesson 10 - I Speak for the Polar Bears!

Lesson 11: Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Bleaching

• Lesson 11 - Ghost Town
• CCC Tech Tips
• SST_June_17_2005
• Student: Lesson 11 Excel - Excel's must be downloaded and saved to the desktop otherwise you will lose your data.
• Teacher: Lesson 11 Excel - Identical to the student's Excel, but all data, maps, and graphs are complete; this is your answer key. 

Lesson 12: Trends in Spring Arrival Using Project Budburst

• Lesson 12 - Citizen Science to the Rescue!
• Student Data Collection Sheet
• Reporting Form for Project Budburst
• Maps of PAR - Spring 2009
• Miller-Rushing-Primack-Concord - 1851-2006
• Project Budburst Phenological Data 2009

Lesson 13: How Do Scientist Measure Trees?

• Lesson 13 - What is DBH?
• Example - How to Measure Trees
• Tree Circumference Guide
• Part 1 - How Do Scientists Measure Trees?
• Part 2 - Circumference v. Diameter
• Part 3 - Preparing to Work in the Field

Lesson 14: The Relationship between Dendrochronolgy and Biospheric Data

• Lesson 14 - Branching Out
  • Assignment 1 - What Can Tree Rings Tell Us?
  • Assignment 2 - Making Sense of Tree Rings?
  • Assignement 3 - You are a Dendrochronologist

Lesson 15:  The Science Behind Heat Waves and their Effect on Human Health

• Lesson 15 - Stifling, Oppressive, Sweltering, Oh My!
• CCC Tech Tips
• Student: Lesson 15 Excel - Excel's must be downloaded and saved to the desktop otherwise you will lose your data.
• Teacher: Lesson 15 Excel - Identical to the student's Excel, but all data, maps, and graphs are complete; this is your answer key. 

Lesson 16:  Exploring Precipitation Patterns

• Lesson 16 - Now You See It, Now You Don't
• CCC Tech Tips
• Student: Lesson 16 Excel - Excel's must be downloaded and saved to the desktop otherwise you will lose your data.
• Teacher: Lesson 16 Excel - Identical to the student's Excel, but all data, maps, and graphs are complete; this is your answer key. 

Lesson 17: Investigating Sea Level Rise and Coastal Habitats

• Lesson 17 - The Tide is High, but We're Holding On...
• NWF Chesapeake Bay Report

Lesson 18: Conceptualizing Module III

• Lesson 18 - Conceptualizing Module III

I'm ready to move on to Module IV - Renewable Energy and a Call to Action.