Debate Land Use in Brazil
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Provided by: ClimateScience|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this activity from ClimateScience, students will work in groups to debate one of three climate change issues in Brazil: niobium mining, creating natural preserves, or using deforested land for agriculture.
Subjects: Geography, English Language Arts
Authors: ClimateScience
Region: South and Central America
Languages: English
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Positives
- The handout links to several credible resources for students to use in preparation for the debate.
- The teacher's guide and the handout can be downloaded and used offline.
Prerequisites
- The resource recommends using credible resources for research and provides some examples. It's important to reiterate this with the students.
- The teacher's guide presents this as a single debate; however, there are three debate topics. Teachers can choose different topics for different groups or the same topic for the whole class.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers can invite other students or faculty to judge the debates.
- Geography or social studies classes can discuss how the Amazon rainforest plays a vital role in the environmental health of the whole planet.
- Other resources include this ClimateScience debate activity on climate change issues in Israel and this video about how the Amazon rainforest plays a vital role in the water cycle.
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