Science 360: Rising Sea Levels

In the past century, as the climate has warmed, sea level rise has accelerated. Scientists predict it will only increase, and they're studying changes in the ocean and land to better understand how and why the water is rising

Provided by the National Science Foundation & NBC Learn

Runtime: 6:20

1. Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Atmospheric Science Literacy: EP4 > FC4.2
   Weather changes over time periods ranging from seconds to weeks. Climate changes over intervals ranging from years to millennia. Earth's history has been marked by gradual variations in global climate caused by long-term cyclic variations in Earth's orbit and axial tilt, and modulated by changes over geologic time in the sizes and distribution of the continents. These gradual variations have been punctuated by relatively abrupt climatic shifts caused by volcanic eruptions and sudden redistributions of mass and energy in the Earth System.
2. Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Atmospheric Science Literacy: EP7 > FC7.3
   Human cultures around the world have adapted differently over hundreds to thousands of years to their unique local and regional weather and climate. Societies have different levels of vulnerability to rapidly changing weather and climate conditions. Severe weather can have major impact on individuals as well as society. Global and regional climate change may bring major changes to vulnerable cultures.
3. Oklahoma Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS): Science > Environmental Science > Environmental Science > S.1 > O.1
   

   Composition and structure of the Earth is affected by an interaction of processes and events.

   1. Geologic processes affect the Earth over time (e.g., plate tectonics, erosion).
   2. Atmospheric processes affect the Earth over time (e.g., changes in daily weather conditions, convection/conduction/radiation, greenhouse effect, climate trends).
   3. Hydrologic processes affect the Earth over time (e.g., water cycle, ocean currents, ground water transport).
   4. Earth’s current structure has been influenced by both sporadic and gradual events.

   Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
   Earth Structure Processes Events Earth [a] Time Erosion e.g. Earth [b] Greenhouse effect e.g. Climate trends e.g. Earth [c] Hydrologic processes Water cycle e.g.	4 - Integrate (Investigations)	4 - I can integrate process standards in an investigation to discover more about this objective.	C. Atmospheric processes affect the Earth over time. D. Hydrologic processes affect the Earth over time. E. Earth’s current structure has been influenced by both sporadic and gradual events.	B.1 In what ways do processes affect change on the Earth? C.1 In what ways can changes be seen through atmospheric processes? D.1 In what ways can changes be seen through hydrologic processes? E.2 What kinds of sporadic events shaped the Earth's current structure?

4. Common Core English Language Arts: G.7 > RI > A.3 > S.7
   

   Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).

   Content	Skills	Learning Targets	Big Ideas	Essential Questions
   Text Video Multimedia version	4 - Analyze (Subject portrayal)	4 - I can analyze each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).	A. Subject portrayal varies depending on medium.	A.1 How do I analyze different media portrayal of subjects?