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Climate Change: Connections and Solutions, Grades 6-8
Type: Curriculum Unit
Level: Middle School
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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
Educators and students throughout the U.S. reviewed and tested the lessons, and faculty from the Program on Climate Change at the University of Washington reviewed the student readings. Thanks to generous funding from Hewlett-Packard Company, this curriculum valued at $24.95 is available for FREE. The download is 128 pages and 4.5 MB.
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.
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“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
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