Fourth National Climate Assessment (2018) - Northeast
Lesson Plans
Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Civics
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What it is
- This teacher's guide incorporates the National Climate Assessment's Northeast Region chapter into the classroom through related lessons, activities, discussion questions, videos, and readings.
- The guide summarizes key messages, provides references, explains figures, and suggests chapters of the report for teachers to focus on during instruction.
- This chapter includes West Virginia in the U.S. Northeast region.
Teaching tips
Positives
- Teachers can plan an entire unit based on the National Climate Assessment and its topics using this guide or choose one or two lessons that best fit their curriculum.
- The various topics covered in the assessment and this guide allow teachers to present students with a well-rounded climate knowledge base.
Additional Prerequisites
- Under Key Message 2, the lessons "Keeping Watch on Coral Reefs" and "Aerial Photography and Mapping Lesson Plan: Images of Katrina" are no longer available in the collection, and the link for the video "High Tide in Dorchester" is broken.
- Under Key Message 3, the link to "Your Family's Carbon Footprint" is broken.
- Under Key Message 4, the lesson plans "Global Warming Webquest" and "Climate Change and Human Health" are no longer available in the collection.
- Under Key Message 5, the video "A Bangladesh Case Study" is no longer available in the collection.
Differentiation
- Teachers can use the guiding questions for class discussion and journaling or assign each question to a small group of students to investigate and report on.
- Math classes can explore the National Climate Assessment by analyzing the highlighted figures and interpreting the data.
- Advanced students can split into five groups to create a presentation summarizing the 5 Key Messages covered in the report, using the guiding questions to facilitate their research.
- For younger students, consider just using the related lessons and resources rather than having them dig into the report.
From the scientist review
This resource is a curated list of chapters from the National Climate Assessment focusing on the Northeast United States and related resources. The NCA consists of work from some of the top climate scientists nationwide. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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