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Spotlite Design Challenge:

Earth Climate Odyssey

Developed in Collaboration with the Challenger Center

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Register

Register your learner production teams to receive a Spotlite Design Challenge starter kit with certificates and badges.

Identify the problem: As Earth Systems Scientists, your challenge is to gather and share evidence to confront a misconception about Earth’s climate. You will create a video that captures your questions and findings.

Follow these steps to think and act like scientists as you dig through data and experiment to support the claim that confronts the misconception.

MISCONCEPTION: Climate change is only global warming.

  1. You’ll be exploring the CLAIM that counters the MISCONCEPTION.

    • CLAIM: Climate change leads to warmer oceans and acidification.

  2. Do your own RESEARCH by conducting investigations to gather data and collect evidence to support your claim.

Be sure to film how you set up and run the activities to include as part of your Spotlite video.


SAFETY WARNING

Safety is important anytime you conduct a science investigation. Common sense guidelines should govern all work.

  • Keep all workspaces neat and organized.
  • Wear appropriate personal protective equipment, such as closed-toed shoes.
  • Follow directions and ask for clarification.

Once you have completed your research, create a Spotlite video to share your findings and challenge others to gather their own evidence to confront the misconception.

  1. Review the Criteria for the Spotlite video.
  2. Create the Spotlite video.