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Energy and Climate Change

polar bear
Climate change is the greatest threat to polar bears.

When you made and discussed your concept map, did the idea of "global climate change" come up? A big reason that so many people are concerned about energy consumption energy consumption in our country-and other countries around the world-is that our use of energy is contributing to global climate changeglobal climate change.

Climate Change

Watch this video to learn more about global climate change.

> Text version of Climate Change

Now refer to page 2 in your Engineering Portfolio and take notes on what you learned in the video.

Teacher Note

Go over any new vocabulary and make sure students understand what global climate change means. Direct students to page 2 of their Engineering Portfolio to take notes about the video.

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Essential Questions

  • What is global climate change?

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photo of Josh Willis Meet climate scientist Josh Willis.

Climate scientists look at what the weather is like over a long period of time.

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