Small+Island+Nations+and+Rising+Sea+Levels

[[image:rotating gif.gif width="43" height="43"]]**See World Geography standards for more on Oceania**
===[|Small Island Nations: How Much Do You Know?]===

[|Members: Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)]

[|Small Island Nations] from World Ocean Observatory

[|Small Islands Could Deploy Lasers to Weather Climate Change] from Wired, December 12, 2015
 * [|International Year of Small Island Developing States, 2014], from the United Nations on YouTube
 * [|Small Island Developing Nations: Voices from the Field], from the United Nations on YouTube
 * Top Ten Smallest Island Countries

Seychelles
115 islands, only a few inhabited, in the Indian Ocean off East Africa north of Madagascar


 * 99 percent ocean/its water is 3000 times larger than its land
 * Dependent on rainwater for water supply

Basic Country Facts from CIA World Facebook

Seychelles Sinks as Climate Change Advances, NPR (September, 2010)

Seychelles Blue Economy Strategic Roadmap and Implementation
 * The islands economy based on fishing and tourism is threatened by climate change

Conservation efforts to protect marine waters

Seychelles Islands' UNESCO World Heritage Sites Praised as Models for Connecting Cultural and Natural Heritage

The Maldives

 * The Maldives from CIA World FactBook**

**Sea Level Rise**

 * Warming Seas and Melting Ice Sheets, NASA (August 26, 2015)**

[|Sea Level Rise] from National Geographic

[|Sea Level Measurement]from NASA

[|Is Sea Level Rising?] from National Ocean Service

[|Sea Level Rise & Global Warming Infographic] from Union of Concerned Scientists

[|Rising Sea Level: A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change]



** Tsunamis **
NOAA Tsunami Website from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 * Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Tsunamis 101 from National Geographic

from NOAA

The Physics of Tsunamis

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** Lesson Plans/Instructional Activities **
[|How Islands Form] from Discovery Education

[|Stop Disasters!] from the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction is a serious learning game where students must take steps to avert natural disasters.

Climate Change Lesson Plans for Educators