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Sites2See: What is climate change?

Learning objects Sites2See: What is climate change?

TLF ID M016752

A page to address the question What is climate change? from the definition, to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the foremost authority, and selected links covering aspects of that question with games, graphics, activities, information sites, resource packs and video interviews, for teachers and students. One set of resource links relates to Years 5 to 8 (Stages 3 and 4) and the other set to Year 9 and above.

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Educational value
  • This resource addresses the Australian Curriculum cross curriculum priority of sustainability as well as ICT capability, personal and social capability and critical and creative thinking capability for science students in years 5-10. An excellent resource to support science student research into evidence of climate change. The wide selection of links allows students to research and process and analyse information at their own level.
Year level

5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12

Topics Growth (Animals) Decision making Atmosphere Environmental management Medicine Habitats Values (Psychology) Ethics Carbon cycle Ecosystems Data analysis Photosynthesis Climate change Global warming Reasoning Problem solving Symbiosis Community development Oceans Food webs Environmental impact Evaluation Plant growth Social influence Cellular respiration Action projects
Learning area
  • Science
  • Geography

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Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education and Communities, 2013.