Sea Level Rise Learning Lab Lessons
Lesson Plans
Grades7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Social Studies, Earth and Space Sciences
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Provided by The Climate Initiative
What it is
- This series of six lessons about sea level rise are designed to educate, empower, and activate students to look at the causses and effects of sea level rise through economic, social, and ecological lenses.
- The lessons culminate in a student-led action project which can be a whole-class or individual activity and coordinate with the student lab resource.
Teaching tips
Positives
- Detailed teacher tips are included for each of the lessons.
- Google Slide presentations are included, as well as several linked resource articles, videos, a Bitmoji classroom, and case studies.
Additional Prerequisites
- If a teacher chooses to click on icons instead of the hypertext to reach related modules, some of the links are broken.
- The vocabulary is quite rigorous, so a definition list will be helpful.
- Attached videos click through to YouTube, so teachers need to have YouTube access in the classroom.
Differentiation
- Teachers can click through to access several related modules of lesson plans and student activities.
- Math classes can utilize Lesson 3, which includes graphing data and extra data sets.
- The lessons are clearly explained and all materials are provided, so the information will be beneficial for substitute teachers.
- English teachers can utilize the case studies in Lesson 2 as an introduction to personal narratives, or use the photojournalism portion to focus on communication in media.
From the scientist review
This resource is very well-cited and the explanation of sea level rise is accurate. In these lessons, students can explore the science of how climate change is causing the seas to rise.
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