Reading: Climate Change- The Teacher Friendly Guide™

A reading titled ‘The Teacher Friendly Guide to Climate Change’ edited by Ingrid H. H. Zabel, Don Duggan-Haas, & Robert M. Ross,the Paleontological Research Institution. This book includes the following chapters

1. Why Teach About Climate Change? by Don Duggan-Haas
   1. Why Teaching About Climate Change Matters
   2. Science Learning, Its Application, and Politics
   3. We All Have Biases
   4. Systems and Scales
   5. Love and Beauty Will Persist
   6. Resources
2. What Should Everyone Understand About Climate Change and Energy? by Don Duggan-Haas
   1. What Do You Think?
   2. Collecting Expert Opinions
   3. Consensus Documents
   4. Striving for a Coherent Conceptual Framework
   5. Resources
3. What is Climate? by Ingrid H. H. Zabel and Others
   1. Climate is a System
   2. Measuring Climate
   3. Greenhouse Gases and Global Temperature
   4. Natural Causes of Climate Change
   5. Summary
   6. Resources
4. Climate Change Through Earth History by Robert M. Ross and Others
   1. Why Past Climate Change Matters
   2. Observing Climate Through Time in the Rock Record
   3. History of the Earth’s Climate
   4. Climate Analogs and Models
   5. Resources
5. Evidence For and Causes of Recent Climate Change by Ingrid H. H. Zabel and Others
   1. Changing Temperatures and Carbon Dioxide
   2. Shrinking Ice Sheets and Glaciers
   3. Changing Sea Ice Extent
   4. Thawing Permafrost
   5. Rising Sea Level
   6. Causes of Recent Climate Change
   7. What are the Likely Effects of Climate Change Going to Be?
   8. Resources
6. 6. US Regional Climates, Current and Future by Ingrid H. H. Zabel and Benjamin Brown-Steiner
   1. Describing Climates
   2. Northeast
   3. Southeast
   4. Midwest
   5. South Central
   6. Northwest Central
   7. Southwest
   8. West
   9. Hawaii
   10. Alaska
   11. Resources
7. Climate Change Mitigation by Ingrid H. H. Zabel
   1. What is Mitigation?
   2. Mitigation Strategies
   3. Summary
   4. Resources
8. Geoengineering by Ingrid H. H. Zabel
   1. Counteracting Climate Change
   2. Examples of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Techniques
   3. Examples of Solar Radiation Management (SRM) Techniques
   4. Geoengineering Choices
   5. Resources
9. Climate Change Adaptation by Ingrid H. H. Zabel
   1. How Much Does Adaptation Cost?
   2. Types of Adaptation Strategies
   3. Adatation to Different Climate Hazards
   4. Equity and Social Justice Considerations
   5. Resources
10. Obstacles to Addressing Climate Change by Don Duggan-Haas
    1. Controversial Issues and Complex Systems
    2. Creating Meaningful Dialog
    3. Factors That Influence How We think
    4. How Do People Change Their Minds?
    5. How Can We Envision New Systems?
    6. Resources
11. Perspective by Don Duggan-Haas
    1. Apocalyptic Tales of Climate Change
    2. Use of Language and Perspective in Teaching Climate Change
    3. Hope and Optimism
    4. Apocalyptic Prophesies Versus Predictions of Climate Change 
    5. Reality Check: A Personal Perspective 
    6. Science Teaching Toward a Sustainable World 
    7. Resources

About the Tool 

Tool Name	The Teacher Friendly Guide To Climate Change
Discipline	Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics, Economics, Social Sciences, Humanities
Topic(s) in Discipline	Climate Change Overview
Climate Topic	Introduction to Climate Change; Climate Literacy
Type of tool	Reading
Grade Level	High School, Undergraduate
Location	Global
Language	English
Translation
Developed by	Ingrid H. H. Zabel, Don Duggan-Haas, & Robert M. Ross
Hosted at	Paleontological Research Institution
Link	Link
Access	Online
Computer Skills	Basic