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International Perspectives to Climate Change 1 Lesson PlanInternational Perspectives to Climate Change 1 Lesson Plan
Publisher
Carnegie Mellon University
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Grade
8th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Duration
2 hrs
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Year
2013
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International Perspectives to Climate Change 1

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After a lecture about how the first industrial revolution triggered the path to climate change, your environmental studies class discusses what the impacts are. In a culminating activity, they get into groups and identify countries on a large map that are responsible for carbon emissions past, present, and future. This is part one of a two-part lesson on climate change that would be appropriate for middle to high schoolers, first in a two-part lesson on climate change perspectives.

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climate change

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climate change, carbon emission, energy intensity, science

Pros

  • Meets Next Generation Science Standards in high school earth science
  • An engaging combination of direct instruction and collaborative activity
  • Addresses a pertinent global concern

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  • None

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