FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US AT connect@space.rice.edu Funded by NASA as part of the Earth Science Information Partners   Activity 5: Rising Waters Level: grades 5-8, but can be expanded upward in age Learning Objective: Students will observe what would happen to the Earth if the sea were to rise. They will identify places that flood and compare these places with the locations of night lights over the Earth. Specific Science Content Standards Properties of matter Populations and ecosystems Structure of the earth system Populations, resources and environments Risks and benefits Geography: mapping, analyzing, predicting spatial data Earth Update: Cryosphere Introducing the activity: Ask students to imagine that they could change sea level and then explain that they are about to have this opportunity. (You may need to demonstrate the software before turning the activity over to the students. Moving the computer hand up or down causes the sea level to rise or fall. Moving the hand left or right causes the earth to spin.) Activity 5: Rising Waters You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this activity. To download, click on the link below. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

Last Update: December 12, 2001