Unit Plan: Environment and Climate Change (10-12)
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- Student worksheets and answer guides for individual lessons
- Inquiry activities (support materials are provided as needed)
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Environment & Climate Change (10-12) lessons and links to resources are listed below.
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- For students to use with each lesson to develop their own Glossary of Terms
- Lesson 1 - Climate Change & Earth Minerals
- Video Worksheet: Will Green Technology Kill Chile’s Deserts (10 minutes)
- Activity: Making Ethical Decisions as a Consumer (30 minutes)
- Lesson 2 - Climate Change & Ecosystems
- Video Worksheet: Climate Change & Ecosystems (10 minutes)
- Activity: Biodiversity & Roles in an Ecosystem (20 minutes)
- Lesson 3 - Climate Change & the Atmosphere
- Video 1 Worksheet: How Climate Change Could Shift Where Tornadoes Strike Most (5 minutes)
- Video 2 Worksheet: Connections Between Air Quality and Climate (5 minutes)
- Video 3 Worksheet: India’s Pollution: Air quality reaches 'hazardous' levels in Delhi (5 minutes)
- Activity: Carbon Sinks & Greenhouse Gas Sources (30 minutes)
- Lesson 4 - Climate Change & Water
- Video Worksheet: Our Global Water Crisis, Explained (10 minutes)
- Activity: Conservation of Water (40 minutes)
- Lesson 5 - Climate Change & Sustainable Land Use (Canada)
- Lesson 5 - Climate Change & Sustainable Land Use (International)
- Video Worksheet: Honouring the Land (10 minutes)
- Activity: Green Initiatives for Urban Land Use (30+ minutes)
- Lesson 6 - Climate Change & Our Health
- Video Worksheet: Stanford Researchers Anticipate Rise of Some Mosquito-borne Diseases (15 minutes)
- Activity: Global Ethics, Policy, & Law (30+ minutes)
- Activity: Vector-Borne Diseases (30 minutes)
- End of Unit: Climate Change Research Inquiry Project (6+ hours)
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