Youth Exploring Sea level rise Science Educator Guide for the Sea level rise Lesson Series Writer: Gwen K. Noda Editor: Linda Chilton, USC Sea Grant Developed in collaboration with Kurt Holland Lauren Armstrong, Marin County Community Development Agency Marina Psaros, Coravai Supported by Whale Tail Programs, California Coastal Commission 2 Youth Exploring Sea Level Rise Science (YESS) Curriculum www.yessproject.org Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Teacher Preparation before beginning the lesson series ....................................................... 8 The Lessons ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Part 1 .................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Teacher Preparation (15-40 minutes) ............................................................................................................... 10 Student Homework Assignment (40-50 minutes) ........................................................................................ 11 Classroom Session (about 90 minutes) ............................................................................................................. 12 Optional Extensions ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Part 2A ............................................................................................................................................................... 15 Teacher Preparation (10-30 minutes) .................................................................................................................. 15 Student Homework Assignment (30-40 minutes) ....................................................................................... 17 Classroom Session (about 45 minutes or more) ............................................................................................ 19 Optional Extensions ................................................................................................................................................... 23 Part 2B ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 Teacher Preparation (10 minutes) ...................................................................................................................... 24 Student Homework Assignment (time will vary) .......................................................................................... 25 Classroom Session (about 45 minutes or less) ............................................................................................... 26 Part 3 .................................................................................................................................................................. 27 Teacher Preparation (time will vary) ................................................................................................................. 27 Student Homework Assignment (time will vary) .......................................................................................... 28 Classroom (or at event venue) Session (time will vary) ............................................................................. 29 Optional Extensions ................................................................................................................................................... 30 Appendix ................................................................................................................................................ 31 Resources for Teacher Preparation ........................................................................................................ 32 Planning public presentations ............................................................................................................................... 32 Planning public presentations: Suggestions (SF Bay Area, CA) ............................................................... 34 Gallery Walk Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................... 36 Gallery Walk Worksheet .......................................................................................................................................... 37 Rubric Suggestions ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 Part 1 Supporting Documents ................................................................................................................... 39 Teacher Resources ..................................................................................................................................................... 39 Thermal Expansion Demonstration Examples and Ideas ..........................................................................................39 Support for Creating a Melting Ice Demonstration ......................................................................................................41 Resources on Sea Level Rise & Climate Change .............................................................................................................43 Student Worksheets ................................................................................................................................................... 45 Student Homework Assignment ...........................................................................................................................................45 Guiding Questions for Going UP: Sea Level Rise in the San Francisco Bay ........................................................ 46 Article: Sea level rise: Global Warming’s yardstick ......................................................................................................48 Guiding Questions for Sea level rise: Global warming’s yardstick .........................................................................51 Record the procedure for your melting ice demonstration ......................................................................................52 Part 2A Supporting Documents ................................................................................................................ 53 Teacher Resources ..................................................................................................................................................... 53 Resources on Climate Models and Modeling ...................................................................................................................53 Resources on Sea level rise Impacts ....................................................................................................................................54 Find your own ice breaker images .......................................................................................................................................55 Student Worksheets ................................................................................................................................................... 56 Youth Exploring Sea Level Rise Science (YESS) Curriculum www.yessproject.org 3 Student Homework Assignment ...........................................................................................................................................56 Article: Just 5 Questions: Sea Surface Topography .......................................................................................................56 Guiding Questions for Just 5 questions: Sea surface topography...........................................................................60 Guiding Questions for Reading between the tides: 200 years of measuring global sea level ................... 69 Guiding Questions for Sea Level Viewer ............................................................................................................................70 Our Coast Our Future (OCOF) - Tutorials .........................................................................................................................71 King Tides Photographs ........................................................................................................................................... 72 California King Tides Project Protocol ...............................................................................................................................72 Urban Tides Community Science Initiative ......................................................................................................................74 Student Data Collection Plan: King Tides ..........................................................................................................................76 Community Interviews ............................................................................................................................................. 77 Interview Protocol & Sample Questions ...........................................................................................................................77