As a High School or introductory Undergraduate teacher, you can use this lesson plan to introduce climate change and its impacts in the Dominican Republic.
This lesson plan provides an introduction to climate change, causes and impacts of climate change globally, climate change risk profile for Dominican Republic that includes climate impacts on major sectors of the country such as agriculture, water resources, human health, coastal zones and ecosystems. This lesson plan also mentions health risks arising from uncertain epidemics due to changing climate.
Thus, the use of this lesson plan allows you to teach Climate Science and Climate Change in your classrooms.
Disclaimer: Political boundaries are for illustrative purposes only. They may not depict official boundaries and are not endorsed by project TROP ICSU.
The tools in this lesson plan will enable students to:
(Here is a step-by-step guide to using this lesson plan in the classroom/laboratory. We have suggested these steps as a possible plan of action. You may customize the lesson plan according to your preferences and requirements.)
Reading (15 min) and Video (5-15 min)
This reading titled, “The Causes of Climate Change” from the NASA Global Climate Change website, provides introductory information on climate change and global warming. It contains information on the scientific evidence of climate change, its causes and impacts.
Optional: This set of 7 short video micro-lectures (2-5 minutes in length)have been developed by the National Research Council, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This can be used to provide additional information on climate change.
They include:
Reading 1 (World Bank)
Use this interactive website by the Climate Change Knowledge Portal of the World Bank to have your students understand the impacts of Climate Change in the Dominican Republic. This resource includes the following:
Each section contains relevant climate change information including data, projections, and visualizations. The data is visualized through interactive graphs and users can select different indices, model projections, timescales, and sectors to better understand the impacts of climate change in the Dominican Republic.
Reading 2 (USAID)
You may wish to have your students explore climate change and its risks in the Dominican Republic in more detail through a resource from climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners of the USAID.
This factsheet on climate risks in Dominican Republic includes information on:
Reading (WHO)
Use a reading by the World Health Organization (WHO) to stress to your students how climate change can impact human health in the Dominican Republic. This factsheet (8 pages) titled Climate Change and Health: Country Profile: Dominican Republic includes information on:
Classroom/Laboratory Activity(15 min)
You may wish to conduct an optional activity to further engage your students in understanding climate change in your country. You may ask your students to refer to the Climate Stories section. TROP ICSU can help your students search for climate stories from your region in the following categories:
You may carry out a student-led group discussion on climate impacts in your country and potential solutions to the climate crisis.
Use this Lesson Plan to help the students to understand and find answers to:
| 1 | Reading | Dominican Republic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fact Sheet: This fact sheet by Climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners of the USAID, gives information about change in GHG Emissions in West Africa (1990-2013), GHG Emissions Relative to GDP and Mitigation Targets. |
| 2 | Reading | Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, Dominican Republic: This report provided by UNFCCC is a submission of commitment towards mitigating Climate Change by the Dominican Republic. |
| 3 | Reading | Dominican Republic Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Executive Summary: This reading by Climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners of the USAID, is a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment report which gives information about the exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity and adaptive pathways & recommendations to build climate resilience in Dominican Republic. |
| 4 | Reading | Dominican Republic Fact Sheet: Increased Resilience of People to the Impacts of Climate Change: This fact sheet by Climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners of the USAID, is an overview of USAID work in the Dominican Republic to increase the resilience of communities to the impacts of climate change in order to reduce insecurity and economic losses caused by climate change-induced severe weather events. |
| 1 | Reading “The Causes of Climate Change” | by the NASA Global Climate Change website |
| 2 | A set of videos; “Climate Change: Lines of Evidence” | Presented by National Research Council, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| 3 | Reading “Climate Change Risk Profile for Dominican Republic” | By Climate Change Knowledge Portal of the World Bank |
| 4 | Reading “Climate Change Risk Profile for Dominican Republic” | By Climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners, USAID |
| 5 | Reading “Climate Change and Health: Country Profile: Dominican Republic” | By World Health Organization |
| 6 | Additional Resources | Dominican Republic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fact Sheet Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Executive Summary Dominican Republic Fact Sheet: Increased Resilience of People to the Impacts of Climate Change |
(Here is a step-by-step guide to using this lesson plan in the classroom/laboratory. We have suggested these steps as a possible plan of action. You may customize the lesson plan according to your preferences and requirements.)
Reading (15 min) and Video (5-15 min)
This reading titled, “The Causes of Climate Change” from the NASA Global Climate Change website, provides introductory information on climate change and global warming. It contains information on the scientific evidence of climate change, its causes and impacts.
Optional: This set of 7 short video micro-lectures (2-5 minutes in length)have been developed by the National Research Council, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This can be used to provide additional information on climate change.
They include:
Reading 1 (World Bank)
Use this interactive website by the Climate Change Knowledge Portal of the World Bank to have your students understand the impacts of Climate Change in the Dominican Republic. This resource includes the following:
Each section contains relevant climate change information including data, projections, and visualizations. The data is visualized through interactive graphs and users can select different indices, model projections, timescales, and sectors to better understand the impacts of climate change in the Dominican Republic.
Reading 2 (USAID)
You may wish to have your students explore climate change and its risks in the Dominican Republic in more detail through a resource from climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners of the USAID.
This factsheet on climate risks in Dominican Republic includes information on:
Reading (WHO)
Use a reading by the World Health Organization (WHO) to stress to your students how climate change can impact human health in the Dominican Republic. This factsheet (8 pages) titled Climate Change and Health: Country Profile: Dominican Republic includes information on:
Classroom/Laboratory Activity(15 min)
You may wish to conduct an optional activity to further engage your students in understanding climate change in your country. You may ask your students to refer to the Climate Stories section. TROP ICSU can help your students search for climate stories from your region in the following categories:
You may carry out a student-led group discussion on climate impacts in your country and potential solutions to the climate crisis.
Use this lesson plan to help your students find answers to:
| 1 | Reading | Dominican Republic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fact Sheet: This fact sheet by Climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners of the USAID, gives information about change in GHG Emissions in West Africa (1990-2013), GHG Emissions Relative to GDP and Mitigation Targets. |
| 2 | Reading | Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, Dominican Republic: This report provided by UNFCCC is a submission of commitment towards mitigating Climate Change by the Dominican Republic. |
| 3 | Reading | Dominican Republic Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Executive Summary: This reading by Climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners of the USAID, is a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment report which gives information about the exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity and adaptive pathways & recommendations to build climate resilience in Dominican Republic. |
| 4 | Reading | Dominican Republic Fact Sheet: Increased Resilience of People to the Impacts of Climate Change: This fact sheet by Climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners of the USAID, is an overview of USAID work in the Dominican Republic to increase the resilience of communities to the impacts of climate change in order to reduce insecurity and economic losses caused by climate change-induced severe weather events. |
| 1 | Reading “The Causes of Climate Change” | by the NASA Global Climate Change website |
| 2 | A set of videos; “Climate Change: Lines of Evidence” | Presented by National Research Council, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| 3 | Reading “Climate Change Risk Profile for Dominican Republic” | By Climate Change Knowledge Portal of the World Bank |
| 4 | Reading “Climate Change Risk Profile for Dominican Republic” | By Climatelinks: A Global Knowledge Portal for Climate and Development Practitioners, USAID |
| 5 | Reading “Climate Change and Health: Country Profile: Dominican Republic” | By World Health Organization |
| 6 | Additional Resources | Dominican Republic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fact Sheet Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Executive Summary Dominican Republic Fact Sheet: Increased Resilience of People to the Impacts of Climate Change |
