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Essential Principle 2: Correlation to Standards and Curriculum Connections

This article aligns the concepts of Essential Principle 2 of the Climate Sciences to the K-5 content standards of the National Science Education Standards. The author also identifies common misconceptions about heat and the greenhouse gases effect and offers resources for assessing students' understanding of interactions among components of the Earth system. This article continues the examination of the climate sciences and climate literacy on...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Earth Sciences, Oceans, NSDL, Ecology, Earth in the Solar System, Heat, Greenhouse Effect, Physics, Instructional Materials, Water Cycle, Earth Materials, Earth's Water, Chemistry, Atmosphere, Global Climate Change, Teaching Strategies, Energy Transfer, Populations, Life Science, Cycles, Physical Science, Climate, Mathematics, Absorption, Precipitation, Education, Energy, Science Process Skills, Science as Inquiry, Solar System Changes, Liquids, Air, Observing, Gases, States of Matter, Climate Change, Weather, Space Science, Forestry and Agriculture, Water, Assessment of Students, Seasons, Ecosystems, Temperature, Greenhouse Gases, Radiation, Geoscience, Clouds, Freshwater, Earth System Structure, Light, Earth and Space Science

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Science and Technology / Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

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Material Type:: Assessment Tool
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Author:: Kimberly Lightle, National Science Foundation
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States