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This lesson focuses on the immediate threat that climate change poses to California's economy, environment, and public health. Students will explore California's initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to flooding and drought consequences. The lesson aims to clarify common misconceptions surrounding climate science and emphasize the urgency for action. Key learning objectives include understanding the orographic effect, adiabatic cooling and heating, using weather maps, and analyzing storm events and precipitation patterns using STORE data.
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AP Environmental Science Unit 7 – Day 9 – STORE Lesson Day 3
APES Fact(s) of the Day (From the California Governors Office) • Climate change poses an immediate and growing threat to California’s economy, environment, and to public health. California’s groundbreaking efforts are helping reduce greenhouse gases emissions, which are warming the planet. The state is also taking action to prepare for the unavoidable impacts of climate change, including the increased likelihood of both flooding and drought. • While California is taking action, some of those who oppose the move to renewable energy and cleaner transportation have mischaracterized the science of climate change in an effort to create artificial uncertainty about the existence and causes of climate change. For more information about California efforts, and to find out what you can do to help, please visit the Climate Change Portal. • The fact is that on the key issues, the science is clear: climate change is real and happening now; human-made greenhouse gas emissions are affecting our planet; and we need to take action. Just as we reached a point where we stopped debating whether cigarette smoke causes cancer, we need to end the climate change debate and focus on how to solve the problem.
Goals & Objectives • At the end of the period, you should be able to: • Understand orographic effect, adiabaticcooling & heating in the context of using STORE data. • Understand how to use and interpret windsymbols on weather maps. • Determine using STORE data the relationship between storm events, precipitation patterns and orographic effects in the California Study Boundary.
