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Fact Sheets About Climate Change

Provided by: Paleontological Research Institution |Published on: August 29, 2025

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Synopsis

This resource from the Paleontological Research Institution provides a collection of leaflets, trifolds, and infographics to cover climate change topics with a focus on New York.
Students will understand what climate change is, the role of the carbon cycle in climate change, the history of mass extinctions, and how climate change impacts seasons, invasive species, and wildlife in New York.

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Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: Paleontological Research Institution

Region: New York

Languages: English

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Teaching Materials

Positives

Many of these fact sheets include action steps for students to take to help prevent the extreme impacts of climate change.
These fact sheets, especially the Key Findings From the 2021 IPCC Report, present complex information in a way that is not overwhelming and is student-friendly.

Prerequisites

Many of these resources contain content-specific terms that students may not be familiar with. Teachers may want to read through these materials ahead of time and identify terms that students need defined.
Some of the fact sheets, such as the Animals and Climate Change leaflet, may be confusing to read online, and teachers may need to print these ones and put the pages in order.

Differentiation & Implementation

Teachers can use these fact sheets as introductory readings to prepare students for lessons about various climate-related topics, such as extinctions, the carbon cycle, or invasive species.
To keep climate change at the forefront of students' minds throughout the year, New York teachers can post and change out the seasonal fact sheets on the wall as the seasons change.
Teachers can print the trifolds under Science Tidbits for the class to use as an easy, low prep activity where students are split into groups, with each group given one of the trifolds to read, note the important details and main ideas, and share their notes with the rest of the class.
Teachers can connect many of the readings to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially focusing on Goal 13, Climate Action, and Goal 15, Life on Land.

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About the Partner Provider

Paleontological Research Institution

Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) is a national leader in Earth systems science education. They strive to help make sense of the present and potential future climate change, while also increasing understanding of global change in Earth’s past. Their programs focus on systems thinking, understanding scale and learning in your own backyard.

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