Students will understand that…
Some of the greatest threats to people living in cities are natural disasters such as floods, severe storms and earthquakes; extreme disaster events result in loss of life, disruption of services, and incur large expenses to both private and public sectors
Mapping What I Know About Sea Level Rise/Flooding Related to Global
Change
Using the C-Map (online graphic organizer program) to begin to build what students know about climate change, locally, nationally, and globally. Students will add to the graphic organizer map as they progress through the unit.
Research various coastal areas (student choice) 1) Impacts of climate change, sea level rise/flooding.What are the economic, social, and environmental consequences of changes in coastal areas
Construct an Explanation & Patterns of Interactions Using the C-Map (online graphic organizer program) students will revise their individual maps from readings and research about climate change, locally, nationally, and globally.
Investment Driven Ecology Unit
The environmental and financial connection between climate change and extreme weather events on coastal urban centers in various parts of the world
Research various coastal areas (student choice) 2) What they are doing and/or plan to do in relationship to planning, prevention, mitigation and sustainability What are the economic, social, and environmental consequences of changes in coastal areas
Research what Miami-Dade County is doing for sea level rise/flooding 1) Impacts of climate change, sea level rise/flooding What are the economic, social, and environmental consequences of changes in coastal areas.
Research what Miami-Dade County is doing for sea level rise/flooding 2) What they are doing and/or plan to do in relationship to planning, prevention, mitigation and sustainability What are the economic, social, and environmental consequences of changes in coastal areas
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