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Climate-linked range-change investigations for habitat shift, mismatch, and environmental response.

Standards

Climate Range Shifter standards and alignment

This page maps the app to standards-facing classroom use while staying explicit about model limits and evidence expectations.

Teacher guide Learner guide

Alignment Notes

  • NGSS HS-LS4-5: Evaluate evidence that environmental change influences populations and persistence.
  • NGSS HS-ESS3-5: Analyze evidence and model climate-related impacts and responses.
  • Practices: using models, interpreting data, constructing explanations, revising claims in light of new evidence.

What learners should produce

Minimum evidence

  • A prediction about tracking versus lag.
  • A comparison of two runs that change one factor at a time.
  • An explanation tied to mismatch, occupancy, or both.

Model limits to keep visible

  • This is a compact model, not a full ecosystem forecast.
  • Tracking rate is a simplified stand-in for multiple biological constraints.
  • Observed model behavior supports ecological reasoning, not automatic real-world certainty.