A Tale of Two Teeth: A Hands-On Discussion about Climate Change

A Tale of Two Teeth: A Hands-On Discussion about Climate Change Files
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Audience:
Grades 5-8

National Science Education Content Standards:
Standard A: Science as Inquiry
Standard D: Earth and Space Science


Keywords: seasons, sea level, inquiry, glaciers, fossils, evidence, climate change,


Description

Using real fossils or plastic models of shark teeth and mammoth teeth, teachers use a story line and the Socratic question-and-answer method to discuss climate change as revealed by changing sea level resulting from glacial and interglacial periods.

Submitted by: Albert C. Hine, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida