As a High School or introductory Undergraduate teacher, you can use this lesson plan to introduce climate change and its impacts in United States.
This lesson plan provides an introduction to climate change, causes and impacts of climate change globally, climate change risk profile for United States that includes climate impacts on major sectors of the country such as agriculture, water resources, human health, ecosystems, energy, infrastructure, and disasters.
Thus, the use of this lesson plan allows you to teach Climate Science and Climate Change in your classrooms.
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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 United States. 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 United States.
Classroom/Lab oratory Activity(15 min)
You may wish to conduct a {roleplay} activity in your classroom/laboratory to further engage your students in understanding the climate crisis in United States; specifically on the impact of climate change on food security and water security in United States.
Use this Lesson Plan to help the students to understand and find answers to:
| 1 | Reading | Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, United States: This report provided by UNFCCC is a submission of commitment towards mitigating Climate Change by e United States. |
| 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 United States” | By Climate Change Knowledge Portal of the World Bank |
| 4 | Additional Resources | Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, United States |
(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 United States. 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 United States.
Classroom/Lab oratory Activity(15 min)
You may wish to conduct a {roleplay} activity in your classroom/laboratory to further engage your students in understanding the climate crisis in United States; specifically on the impact of climate change on food security and water security in United States.
Use this lesson plan to help your students find answers to:
| 1 | Reading | Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, United States: This report provided by UNFCCC is a submission of commitment towards mitigating Climate Change by e United States. |
| 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 United States” | By Climate Change Knowledge Portal of the World Bank |
| 4 | Additional Resources | Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, United States |
