calculating climate change
Essential Questions:
What is the difference between weather + climate?
Why are extreme weather events becoming more frequent?
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of the workshop, students will be able to:
Relate extreme weather to climate change
Recognize climate patterns across the US
Take action to help combat climate change
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Take-Home Guide
Information for parents & legal guardians (available in English and Spanish).
Información para padres de familia y tutores legales (disponible en Inglés y Español).
Standards Alignments
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Vocabulary
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Activity
Calculate climate change in this math-driven activity.
Social Emotional Learning
In this activity, students will develop their emotional literacy by identifying how different weather conditions affect their mood.
Video Resources
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Reading Resources
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Challenge Guide
Completing this challenge will help your school become a CiS Certified Sustainable School!
Infographic
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Lesson Reflection
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Background Information
Our climate is changing, but what does that mean? There are different climates found all over the world with distinct patterns we have come to expect to happen. In New England, we expect to see cold snowy winters, rainy warm springs, hot humid summers, and cool dry falls. A general expected pattern of four distinct seasons is a big reason why people like living in New England! As the average temperature of the earth continues to increase over time, even two or three degrees, we are seeing huge changes to these expected patterns. Rainier than usual summers, leaves changing colors earlier in the fall, warmer than usual winters, even droughts in the spring! But this is happening all over the world. Miami is experiencing huge hurricanes and storm surges flooding the city and ruining infrastructure. San Francisco is experiencing long periods of drought, drying up the forests and setting the stage for wildfires to easily spread. When places are experiencing extreme weather events more frequently than normal, or more often than normal, it makes it harder to stay resilient and recover from the damages as quickly.