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Many researchers focus on one impact of climate change in isolation, but researchers gain a global perspective when they come together. A timely lesson teaches scholars about the projected impacts of global temperature increases. Then they divide into groups to discuss actions and adaptations for dealing with the vastly changing weather and then regroup to share their insights.
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Instructional Ideas
- Rather than limiting class members to the impacts covered in the previous lessons, offer the option of researching impacts that are close to their own communities
- Update the global temperature increase to the current rate
Classroom Considerations
- Requires prior knowledge of how climate change affects both natural and human systems
- Lesson is the 18th in a series of 21.
Pros
- Provides links related to vocabulary and lesson concepts
- Aligns to the National Science Education Standards, National Education Technology Standards, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Education Standards, Climate Literacy Principles, and Energy Literacy Principles
- Helps pupils gain a larger perspective of the earth as one system rather than a variety of systems
Cons
- None