Climate Resilience Toolkit
Provided by: NOAA|Published on: July 24, 2023
Grades: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, AP
Type: Articles/Websites
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Engineering
Authors: NOAA
Region: North America, United States
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- This overview of the toolikit provides articles, videos, maps, reports, and other information about the threats of climate change and the vulnerabilities of communities.
- Students will learn about what climate resilience is, how to improve it, and how different parts of the country are impacted by climate change differently.
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Positives
- This resource is a wealth of information about climate resilience and could be used to facilitate an entire unit.
- Students will benefit from the layout of this toolkit, as it is broken into manageable parts that build upon the previous sections.
Additional Prerequisites
- Before using this toolkit, be sure that students have a basic understanding of climate change and the threats that a changing climate poses.
Differentiation
- Cross-curricular connections can be made in health classes considering how human health will be impacted by climate change.
- This resource is an excellent place for preliminary reading and learning about many topics dealing with climate change.
- This resource would work well for student research projects, where each student has a different aspect of the resource to learn about and create a written or digital products to showcase their learning.
- The regional reports are especially beneficial when talking about how climate change is impacting different areas of the United States or they can be used for students to study resilience where they live.
This resource from Climate.gov is a wide-ranging toolkit designed to teach the facts of climate change and to provide a framework for building climate resilience. The toolkit is based around the five steps to resilience and features reports, case studies, and a wealth of data. The climate explorer tool is a wonderful resource that shows historic and projected conditions for every county in the contiguous United States, providing an opportunity for students to see climate change in their own hometowns and project what future threats may impact their community. For students studying geography, an ArcGIS tutorial is included with a focus on community action, urban planning, and natural resource management. This resource is filled with up-to-date climate data and tools to aid in planning for climate resilience, and is recommended for teaching.
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