Sinking Islands
Sinking Islands
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The low-lying Pacific nation of Kiribati could be the first country to disappear because of climate change. Rising sea levels due to climate change have already claimed two of the islands with the rest threatened. The President has recently revealed a new idea – to raise up the islands using rocks from the seabed, an ambitious plan that will take time. In this short activity, students plot a line graph by calculating uncertainties to find out just how long Kiribati has left.
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- PDF file
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I have yet to download an activity with which I was disappointed. Pupils need a mixture of teaching styles and these activities play a major role in giving a "balanced diet". I jump from 'chalk and talk' to these activities (as I did with Upd8). Pupils like variation. The open-ended nature of the tasks allows for differentiation. The structure is very simple yet, as with all things so, it works a treat. Pupils get a glimpse of another culture (global education etc).
I have tried the "Sinking Island" activity in my Biology class ( group age: 13-14) and I became a great fun of engaging science activiites. The students were really involved in the process, since the subject was intriguing, plus they love working in groups. I believe their main gain was the fact that they were able to criticise arguments and form their own opinion based on facts.
This was a fantastic resource to engage my high flying Yr. 9 group. They were interested in all the information given and the discussion that happened because if their interpretations of the data were fantastic.