Water: Extremes

• This text explains how climate change has disrupted the water system, causing more extreme precipitation events and changes in ocean currents. 
• Photographs, videos, a map, and a diagram help to illustrate the concepts in the text. 

Positives

• Students can listen to the narration of the article as well.
• Students can click the "i" icon to learn more about certain terms or concepts.

Additional Prerequisites

• The text does not differentiate between melting land ice and melting sea ice, so teachers may wish to explain that melting sea ice does not contribute to sea level rise in the way that melting land ice does.

Differentiation

• Teachers could break the class into small groups and have each group make a short slideshow explaining the key parts in a section of the text. Students could use videos, maps, charts, graphs, and photos from reliable sources to illustrate their points.
• English Language Arts classes could write an essay in response to the following writing prompt: The last paragraph of the text explains that we will need to "prepare our infrastructure, our finances, and our expectations for a wider range of outcomes." What specific preparations will people need to do on an individual level and a societal level? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
• Other resources on this topic include this video on the water cycle and pollution, this interactive map that shows the potential for flooding in areas containing energy infrastructure in the United States, and this video on how ocean currents work and how climate change is disrupting them.
  

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