Use these graphs and images as you teach about greenhouse gas emissions related to fire, carbon storage in the park, carbon losses related to catastrophic fire, and predicted stream flow changes affecting fire season.
Graph demonstrating the Hydrology of Yosemite (timing of precipitation vs. discharge) and pictures of how the snow line would change with an increase in temperature.
Ocean Acidification is a supplementary curriculum that ties in well to Marine Science, Climate Change, Watershed Studies, and Stewardship. It contains many relevant connections to social and political issues and environmental history.
By blowing into water that has a pH indicator indicated, students learn about ocean acidification. This can be done quickly as a demonstration or longer as a participatory activity.
Students compete in a relay race in order to understand the way carbon cycles through the earth. Different rounds show the differences before and after the Industrial Revolution.
Students will develop a better understanding of microhabitats and thermal preferences for difference species. Students can connect this to field observations of poikilothermic animals and implications of climate change on their distribution.