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. 

Concepts

climate change, human impact on the environment, physical changes

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Additional Tags

science

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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

Pros

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

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.8