Scientific Consensus: Earth's Climate Is Warming

• This resource from NASA explains what a scientific consensus is and lists the many United States and international institutions that have made formal statements agreeing with the scientific consensus about climate change. 
• The statements, links to the organizations, and a graph of global average temperate anomalies from 1880 to present are available on the site for additional information. 
  

Positives

• This resource gives students the data and the links to numerous respected scientific institutions to read and explore.
• This is great for media literacy topics and provides many examples of credible resources for scientific information.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know how to read a graph to interpret the data presented.

Differentiation

• Social studies and civics classes could use this resource to support discussions about the role of governments, institutions, and individuals in finding global solutions to climate change.
• Math classes could use the data graph to discuss interpretation of data, lines of best fit, and the difference between graphing data vs. anomalies from an average.
• Other resources related to this topic include the 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C and this short video summarizing that same report.
  

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