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Grade 5 - Teacher's Resource
Degrees of Variation: Climate Change in Nunavut

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Degrees of Variation: Climate Change in Nunavut

The Causes of Climate Change

Climate Change – The Basics

  1. What human factors contribute to climate change?
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  2. What greenhouse gas is most closely connected to human activities?
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Did you know?

  1. What human activity is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions?
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  2. How much CO2 is produced for every litre of gas used in your vehicle?
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The Challenge

  1. What activity is responsible for 53% of the residential emissions of CO2?
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  2. How does Canada rank globally for CO2 emissions?
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Connections Reflections Questions
What connections can you make among what you've learned, your lifestyle, your family, school, community, or other regions?

 

 Reflect on your learning, understandings, and discoveries."Write about one thing you did not know before starting this activity" What questions do you still have, or what new questions have been raised?

The Consequences of Climate Change

Did you know?

  1. Where do climate models predict the greatest warming will occur?
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  2. If the Greenland Ice Sheet melts, by how much will the global sea level rise?
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The Current Conditions

  1. By looking at the graph, Frequency of Intense Winter Storms, what can you conclude about these storms in the northern hemisphere?
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Of Ice and Men

  1. What traditional northern activities depend on sea ice?
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Life at Sea

  1. What do scientists predict will happen to the range of many marine species as climate changes?
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  2. What animals need strong sea ice to breed, nurse pups and rest?
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  3. How will Inuit hunters be affected as animals change their range in response to climate change?
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  4. According to the News North, when it gets too warm, what do the animals do?
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Glaciers and Sea-Level Rise

  1. What are the impacts of sea level rise?
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Northern Landscapes

  1. What is found beneath the ground surface in nearly all of Nunavut?
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  2. How will people be affected if the permafrost thaws?
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  3. How will the food supply of herbivores be affected by climate change?
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  4. How will birds be affected by warming of the Nunavut region?
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Life on the Land

  1. What aspects of the north will be affected by the climate warming?
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The Challenge

  1. How might human health be affected by climate change?
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Connections Reflections Questions
What connections can you make among what you've learned, your lifestyle, your family, school, community, or other regions?

 

 Reflect on your learning, understandings, and discoveries."Write about one thing you did not know before starting this activity" What questions do you still have, or what new questions have been raised?

Action on Climate Change

The Challenge

  1. What do thermosyphons do?
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  2. What does a photovoltaic array do?
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  3. What are five things you can do to help?
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What I am already doing... What I can begin to do...

 

 

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2006-10-06
http://www.adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/posters/curriculum/grade5/nunavut_e.php