Carbon Sequestration in Trees
Carbon Sequestration in Trees Overview As a high school or introductory undergraduate Ecology or Biological Sciences or Environmental Sciences or Earth Sciences teacher, you can use this lesson plan to explain carbon content of trees, carbon sequestration, and their direct and indirect impact on climate mitigation and adaptation. In this lesson plan, students will be […]
Climate Solutions by Project Drawdown
Climate Solutions by Project Drawdown Reading A website resource designed and developed by ‘Project Drawdown’ that offers a sector-wise list of solutions to the climate crisis. It includes readings on specific solutions for various sectors and sub-sectors such as: Electricity: This reading summarises climate solutions for the electricity sector. It explains different technologies that generate […]
Post-pandemic Economic Policies
Post-pandemic Economic Policies Reading A reading by Carbon Brief explaining how countries around the world design economic policies for a ‘green recovery’ from the recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by reducing carbon emissions while boosting their economies. Students will be introduced to terms such as green recovery, green stimulus, and quantitative easing, among others. […]
The COVID-19 Pandemic, Recession and Economic Policies
The COVID-19 Pandemic, Recession and Economic Policies Reading A reading by Carbon Brief explaining how countries around the world design economic policies for a ‘green recovery’ from the recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by reducing carbon emissions while boosting their economies. Students will be introduced to terms such as green recovery, green stimulus, and […]
Climate Change and Locust Swarms
Climate Change and Locust Swarms Reading An article titled ‘Q&A: Are the 2019-20 locust swarms linked to climate change?’ by Daisy Dunne in Carbon Brief that discusses the potential link between climate change and the locust outbreak in East Africa and surrounding regions. The article discusses how climate change has influenced heavy rains, unusual storm […]
How to Read and Analyze Poetry
How to Read and Analyze Poetry Overview As a High School English Language teacher, you can use this lesson plan to teach your students how to read and analyze poetry and to use these techniques to examine climate related poems. In this lesson plan, students will be taught how to read poetry and identify elements […]
Teaching Verb Tenses through Climate Literature
Teaching Verb Tenses through Climate Literature Overview As a Middle or High School English teacher or a teacher of English as a second language, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach tenses using climate literature. Global warming is causing glaciers to melt thus causing a water crisis. Satellite imagery is used to […]
Climate Change and the Environmental Humanities
Climate Change and the Environmental Humanities Overview Overview As an Undergraduate Humanities (Cultural Studies, Literature, History) teacher, you can use this lesson plan to teach critical analysis of a comprehensive text in climate literature. Dipesh Chakrabarty, a Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages, Civilizations and Law, at the University of […]
Basic Data Handling Using Climate Data
Basic Data Handling Using Climate Data Overview As a Primary and Middle School Mathematics teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to teach your students the basics of data handling using climate data. This lesson plan can be used to introduce your students to data handling, data representation and interpretation using weather and […]
Data Science: Predictive Analysis using Mumbai Temperature Data
Data Science: Predictive Analysis using Mumbai Temperature Data Overview This lesson plan will help you to teach Introductory Predictive Analysis through an Exploratory Data Analysis with Linear Regression assignment. The lesson plan includes a hands-on computer-based classroom activity to be conducted on a dataset of the annual temperature records of Mumbai – a coastal city […]