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Communicate!: Create a Unique Message About Climate Change ActivityCommunicate!: Create a Unique Message About Climate Change Activity
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NOAA
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6th - 8th
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Communicate!: Create a Unique Message About Climate Change

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This Communicate!: Create a Unique Message About Climate Change activity also includes:
  • Discover Your Changing World with NOAA - Full Activity Book
  • Activity Alignment to NGSS, Climate Literacy and Energy Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts
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Scholars use their communication skills to express their take on climate change in the ninth installment of the 10-part Discover Your Changing World series. They create ways to deliver their messages on a specific aspect of climate by writing a blog, designing a cartoon, or performing music. Learners focus on delivering facts and finding ways people can personally affect climate change.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

climate change, climate, human impact on the environment, climates, the earth, the earth's atmosphere, the atmosphere, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a differentiated activity by assigning methods of delivery with an easy, medium, and hard rating
  • Have pupils present their work to community members

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires knowledge of climate change

Pros

  • Allows for learners to have choice in how they present their work
  • Real-world application makes the resource more engaging

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.5 SL.7.5 SL.8.5 RST.6-8.4

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