What do Squirrels know about Climate Change?

A classroom/laboratory activity to examine and analyze squirrel species distribution and habitat data (from the USA) over time,and to interpret the possible relationship between climate change and biodiversity.

  • Now, explore this topic in an interactive and engaging manner through a classroom/laboratory activity, What do Squirrels know about Climate Change?, contributed by Beth Norman, Allan Ashworth, and Russell W. Graham, available on the SERC Carleton website.

  • This activity will help your students analyze data for past and modern squirrel populations and habitats. They will then determine how climate change may affect habitat changes and species distribution. Students will use actual data from some states in the USA to perform data analysis and interpretation.

  • Conduct the activities described in Part 1 and Part 2.

Beth Norman, Allan Ashworth and Russell Graham, available on the SERC Carleton website, MIOMAP, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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