Climate Change – Vol. 14 No. 1
Is the climate changing over time? You may have heard different opinions about climate change. In the past few years, most scientists have agreed on at least one thing about climate change. They have agreed that measured and recorded changes in Earth’s climate over the past 100 or more years point to a warming of Earth’s surface greater than they would have expected from normal cycles. In this edition of Natural Inquirer, you will learn about the effect that climate change may have on animals, plants, and forests. You will also learn how scientists are studying climate change.
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Highlights
- 6 Articles
- 13 Activities
- Lesson Plan
- 20 Scientists
- Glossary
It’s a Small World: How Oceans and Climates Can Affect Wildland Fires Thousands of Miles Away
Moving on Up: The Possible Impact of Climate Change on Forest Habitats
The GLAS Is Half Full: Satellites and Changing Tropical Forests
Back to the Future: Using Dead Trees to Predict Future Climates
Did They Make the Gradient? Climate and Stream Temperatures Now and Into the Future
There’s Snow Place Like Home: Tracking the Range of Wolverines Over Time
Word Search – Climate Change
Word Scramble – Climate Change
Lesson Plan – THIEVES Chart Guided Reading
FACTivity – It’s a Small World
FACTivity – Moving on Up
FACTivity – The GLAS Is Half Full
FACTivity – Back to the Future
FACTivity – Did They Make the Gradient?
FACTivity – There’s Snow Place Like Home
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Editorial Review Board Comments
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Johnny Boggs
Peter Brown
Diane Delany
Eileen Helmer
Emily Heyerdahl
Louis Iverson
Thomas Kitzberger
Stephen Matthews
Kevin McKelvey
Steve McNulty
Connie Millar
Matthew Peters
Anantha Prasad
Dar Roberts
Will Summer
Ge Sun
Emrys Treasure
Thomas Veblen
Robert Westfall
Note To Educators
The Forest Service's Mission
The Forest Service’s mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. For more than 100 years, our motto has been “caring for the land and serving people.” The Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), recognizes its responsibility to be engaged in efforts to connect youth to nature and to promote the development of science-based conservation education programs and materials nationwide.
What Is the Natural Inquirer?
Natural Inquirer is a science education resource journal to be used by students in grade 6 and up. Natural Inquirer contains articles describing environmental and natural resource research conducted by Forest Service scientists and their cooperators. These scientific journal articles have been reformatted to meet the needs of middle school students. The articles are easy to understand, are aesthetically pleasing to the eye, contain glossaries, and include hands-on activities. The goal of Natural Inquirer is to stimulate critical reading and thinking about scientific inquiry and investigation while teaching about ecology, the natural environment, and natural resources.
Meet the Scientists
Introduces students to the scientists who did the research. This section may be used in a discussion about careers in science.
What Kinds of Scientist Did This Research?
Introduces students to the scientific disciplines of the scientists who conducted the research.
Thinking About Science
Introduces something new about the scientific process, such as a scientific habit of mind or procedures used in scientific studies.
Thinking About the Environment
Introduces the environmental topic being addressed in the research.
Introduction
Introduces the problem or question that the research addresses.
Method
Describes the method the scientists used to collect and analyze their data.
Findings & Discussion
Describes the results of the analysis. Addresses the findings and places them into the context of the original problem or question.
Reflection Section
Presents questions aimed at stimulating critical thinking about what has been read or predicting what might be presented in the next section. These questions are placed at the end of each of the main article sections.
Number Crunches
Presents an easy math problem related to the research.
Glossary
Defines potentially new scientific or other terms to students. The first occurrence of a glossary word is bold in the text.
Citation
Gives the original article citation with an internet link to the original article.
FACTivity
Presents a hands-on activity that emphasizes something presented in the article.
Science Education Standards
You will find a listing of education standards which are addressed by each article at the back of each publication and on our website.
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