Climate Change: Connections and Solutions, Grades 9-12
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: Grades 9-12
This two-week curriculum unit for grades 9-12 encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues.
Climate Change: Connections and Solutions is an interdisciplinary curriculum unit. Lessons are aligned with national science and social studies standards but may be used in other classes as well. The units include:
The first week of this two-week unit lays the foundation for understanding some of the forces behind climate change. Students review basic scientific phenomena related to climate change, beginning with the greenhouse effect and concluding with an analysis of different fuel types.
The second week widens and deepens students’ comprehension of climate change with an exploration of its connections to various social, economic, and environmental factors. By the end of the unit, students will understand and be able to communicate complex and interconnected issues related to climate change.
“You have put together an excellent set of materials that are easy to use, active and interactive in their approach, and sequenced in a way that builds a competence in vocabulary and in concepts of climate change.”
~ High School Teacher, Lincoln, NE
Level: Grades 6-8
This two-week curriculum unit encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues.
Climate Change: Connections and Solutions is an interdisciplinary curriculum unit. Lessons are aligned with national science and social studies standards but may be used in other classes as well. The unit includes:
The first week of this 2-week unit lays the foundation for understanding some of the forces behind climate change. Students learn basic scientific phenomena related to climate change, beginning with the carbon cycle and the greenhouse effect and concluding with an analysis of different fuel types.
The second week widens and deepens students’ comprehension of climate change with an exploration of its connections to various social, economic, and environmental factors. By the end of the unit, students will understand and be able to communicate complex and interconnected issues related to climate change.
"I would have been able to do more but these students wanted to look at every website and discuss everything they were learning….What a thrill to see kids excited about learning."
~ Middle School Teacher, Cocoa, FL
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: Grades 9-12
This two-week curriculum unit for grades 9-12 encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues.
Climate Change: Connections and Solutions is an interdisciplinary curriculum unit. Lessons are aligned with national science and social studies standards but may be used in other classes as well. The units include:
- 9 hands-on activities
- 5 student readings
- Overview of daily activities
- Homework assignments
- Reproducible handouts
- Assessments
The first week of this two-week unit lays the foundation for understanding some of the forces behind climate change. Students review basic scientific phenomena related to climate change, beginning with the greenhouse effect and concluding with an analysis of different fuel types.
The second week widens and deepens students’ comprehension of climate change with an exploration of its connections to various social, economic, and environmental factors. By the end of the unit, students will understand and be able to communicate complex and interconnected issues related to climate change.
“You have put together an excellent set of materials that are easy to use, active and interactive in their approach, and sequenced in a way that builds a competence in vocabulary and in concepts of climate change.”
~ High School Teacher, Lincoln, NE
Climate Change: Connections and Solutions, Grades 6-8
Type: Curriculum UnitLevel: Grades 6-8
This two-week curriculum unit encourages students to think critically about climate change and to collaborate to devise solutions. Students learn about climate change within a systems framework, examining interconnections among environmental, social, and economic issues.
Climate Change: Connections and Solutions is an interdisciplinary curriculum unit. Lessons are aligned with national science and social studies standards but may be used in other classes as well. The unit includes:
- 9 hands-on activities
- 5 student readings
- Overview of daily activities
- Homework assignments
- Reproducible Handouts
- Assessments
The first week of this 2-week unit lays the foundation for understanding some of the forces behind climate change. Students learn basic scientific phenomena related to climate change, beginning with the carbon cycle and the greenhouse effect and concluding with an analysis of different fuel types.
The second week widens and deepens students’ comprehension of climate change with an exploration of its connections to various social, economic, and environmental factors. By the end of the unit, students will understand and be able to communicate complex and interconnected issues related to climate change.
"I would have been able to do more but these students wanted to look at every website and discuss everything they were learning….What a thrill to see kids excited about learning."
~ Middle School Teacher, Cocoa, FL
