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The Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 1: Pre-Exploration Lesson PlanThe Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 1: Pre-Exploration Lesson Plan
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NASA
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9th - 12th
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The Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 1: Pre-Exploration

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  • Climate Change in the Classroom
  • Hot video lecture 1 “The Big Climate Change Experiment”
  • ABC News: “The forecast is looking more and more extreme”
  • Climate Change News and Political Cartoons
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Most have heard of climate change, but what does it really mean? Scholars first answer a set of pre-assessment questions about climate change to help instructors gauge how much they know. They listen to a video lecture, watch a news clip, and consider some cartoons on climate change before reflecting on what they gleaned from the sources.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

climate, climate change, carbon dioxide, human impact on the environment, global warming

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Challenge learners to find other references to climate change in newspapers, magazines, or websites to share with the class

Classroom Considerations

  • This is the first of five lessons in Unit 1: The Big Climate Change Experiment
  • Pupils should have experience with political cartoons

Pros

  • Provides printable worksheets
  • Includes background information for teachers

Cons

  • Some links in the unit are outdated or broken

Common Core

RI.9-10.2 SL.9-10.4 RI.11-12.2 SL.11-12.4

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