Trends in Atmospheric Methane
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Provided by: NOAA|Published on: April 27, 2021
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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
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The graphs on this site are pretty straightforward and allow for interactivity.
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.
There is no contradiction in the resource. This resource is recommended.
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