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The Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 5: Climate Change Narratives Lesson PlanThe Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 5: Climate Change Narratives Lesson Plan
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9th - 12th
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The Big Climate Change Experiment Lesson 5: Climate Change Narratives

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And now moving on to the next story. The last of five lessons in Unit 1: The Big Climate Change Experiment requires groups to create a script for a news segment on climate change. They either make a video of their story or conduct a live presentation in front of the class.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

climate, climate change, news reporting, hypotheses, scientific theories, consequences

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • If possible, plan a field trip to a local news station
  • Invite classes from lower grades to the presentation

Classroom Considerations

  • Scholars should be familiar with the evidence for climate change from previous lessons in the unit

Pros

  • Includes a rubric for the activity
  • Provides a set of printable worksheets

Cons

  • Links to websites are broken in some cases

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.2 SL.9-10.3 SL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.5 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.2 SL.11-12.3 SL.11-12.4 SL.11-12.5

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