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Trends in Atmospheric Methane

Provided by: NOAA |Published on: April 27, 2021

Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

This site allows users to interact with graphs and datasets depicting global average methane amounts in the atmosphere.
There is text describing the data and how it was gathered.

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: NOAA

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

Additional Prerequisites

Teachers may want to provide some background about methane's relationship to climate change. This video could be played for students.
Students will likely be unfamiliar with units like mole fraction and parts per billion. Teachers should address these.
The data is downloadable in CSV files.

Differentiation

The reading is very technical and is probably most appropriate for upper high school students.
Students can work independently or in a small group to create a list of noticings and wonderings about the data.
Some related data about methane include methane emissions, per-capita methane emissions, and methane emissions by sector.
Check out this lesson for middle school students or this lesson for high school students to explore greenhouse gases.

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