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Faces of Climate Change Lesson PlanFaces of Climate Change Lesson Plan
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Chicago Botanic Garden
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10th - 12th
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Faces of Climate Change

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How does climate change affect you? First in a three-part series, the activity focuses on how individuals living around the world are affected by climate change. Individuals take on the role of a given character and share their perspectives with their groups on day one. For day two, pupils pair off and determine solutions to climate change in the context of their characters. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

climate change, human impact on the environment, physical changes

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Activity best fits as a culmination lesson for a unit on climate change

Classroom Considerations

  • Lesson assumes learners already have background knowledge in the causes; biogeochemical and ecological effects and data analysis pertaining to climate change
  • Activity fits eighth and ninth graders as well

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  • Lesson provides all necessary materials
  • Teachers may want to incorporate the suggested extension activities found near the end of the lesson

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  • None

Common Core

RST.9-10.8

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