Global Climate Change
Virginia SOL ENV.8
Investigate and understand how natural events and human activities affect global climate change.
What students need to be able to do
- Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how human activities affect global climate change.
- Compare the effects of natural events and human activities on global climate change.
- Develop and use a model to explain how changes in global temperature affect a specific ecosystem.
- Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how climate change affects Virginia communities.
- Research ways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and propose solutions to reduce emissions in the school, home, and community.