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Grade 5 - Teacher's Resource The Winds of Change: Climate Change in the Prairie Provinces
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The Causes of Climate Change
Did You Know?
- What are most forest fires in Canada caused by?
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- How much gas does your car burn to produce 2.5 kg of carbon dioxide?
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Why is the Climate Changing Now?
- What specific human activities are responsible for the rapid build-up of CO2 in our atmosphere?
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- What are the "big three" greenhouse gases we're concerned about?
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- Where do these "big three" greenhouse gases come from?
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How are Climates Changing in the Prairies?
- What province may have higher risk of drought?
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- What problems will higher temperatures with warmer climates create?
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Melting Glaciers:
- What will be affected by shrinking glaciers?
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Extreme Weather
- What are the specific extreme weather events that cause death and destruction on the prairies?
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- Examine the graph showing costs of weather-related disasters. How do the last 20 years appear different out of the last 70 shown?
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How Do We Measure Up?
- From the graph, which are the three nations that produce the largest amount of CO2 emissions?
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- What activity is responsible for the greatest CO2 output from individual residences?
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- What activities produce the 75% of greenhouse gases not produced by residences?
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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?
- Historically what have been the most expensive weather-related disasters?
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Climates Do Change
- Use graph 3 to tell what has happened to the Earth's average temperature since 1980?
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- What is the projected temperature rise for the year 2100?
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- What might happen to temperatures south of Greenland and eastward off the Canadian Atlantic coastline?
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Life in the North
- What animals are vulnerable to changes in sea ice, and why are the females particularly vulnerable?
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- What is permafrost?
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- What will be affected if the permafrost melts with a warming climate?
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Life in the Prairies:
- How might a person living in a prairie city be affected as climate warms?
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- How might a person living in a farming community be affected as climate warms?
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Changing Vegetation
- What are some potential impacts on forests with the changing climate?
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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
How Do We Measure Up?
- How can you help to slow the rate of climate change?
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Let's Meet the Challenge
- Why should we not wait to take action on climate change?
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- Where can we practice energy efficiency in our everyday lives?
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- What will reducing greenhouse gas emissions now do?
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| What I am already doing... |
What I can begin to do... |
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