Lesson Plans

SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 9-12
150 mins
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Climate Impacts on Crops

This lesson focuses on how climate change impacts agriculture.

Topic: Climate Change
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Science
Types: Activity - Classroom, Articles and Websites, Lesson Plans, Projects, Videos
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 9-12
90 mins
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Carbon Emission Reduction Strategies

In this lesson, students think critically about carbon emission reduction strategies proposed by companies.

Topics: Life Literacies and Key Skills, Media Literacy
Subjects: Career Skills, English Language Arts
Types: Ebooks, Interactive Media, Lesson Plans, Projects, Videos
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 6-8
70 mins
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Analyzing Greenwashing

In this lesson, students analyze the concept of greenwashing of products.

Topics: CER Writing, Life Literacies and Key Skills
Subjects: Career Skills, English Language Arts
Types: Activity - Classroom, Interactive Media, Lesson Plans, Projects, Videos
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 6-8
55 mins
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What's the Worst Impact of Climate Change in New Jersey?

In this lesson, students choose one impact of climate change affecting New Jersey and write a claim-evidence-reasoning (CER) paragraph.

Topics: CER Writing, Climate Change
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, English Language Arts, Science
Types: Articles and Websites, Charts, Graphs, and Tables, Interactive Media, Lesson Plans, Podcasts, Videos
SubjectToClimate
Grades 9-12
110 mins
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Storm Narratives

This lesson introduces students to narratives by young people impacted by severe weather and guides students in writing their own stories.

Topics: Narrative Writing, Weather
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Activity - Classroom, Lesson Plans, Podcasts, Projects, Videos
SubjectToClimate
Grades 9-12
95 mins
  • Views 289
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Allele Frequency and Climate Change

In this lesson, students explore the impact of environmental changes on an organism's allele frequency.

Topics: Ecosystems, Natural Selection and Evolution
Subjects: Biology, Science
Types: Articles and Websites, Lesson Plans, None, Videos
SubjectToClimate
Grades 3-5
90 mins
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Solutions to Multiplying Plastic

In this lesson, students use multiplication to understand the problem of single-use plastics and how they impact climate change.

Topics: Arithmetic Operations, Expressions and Equations
Subject: Mathematics
Types: Articles and Websites, Interactive Media, Lesson Plans, None, Videos
SubjectToClimate
Grades 3-5
15 mins
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Plastics Multiplication

In this activity, students will use multiplication skills to determine how many water bottles might be used by a group during a certain period of time.

Topic: Arithmetic Operations
Subject: Mathematics
Types: None, Worksheets
SubjectToClimate
Grades 3-5
30 mins
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Refusing Plastic Writing

This activity includes pre-writing and scaffolded writing templates to use after learning about the environmental impacts of plastic.

Topic: Persuasive Writing
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: None, Worksheets