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Christa Delaney

Christa Delaney has been a public educator in New Jersey for twenty years. Christa teaches AP Environmental Science . Christa lives and works in South Jersey . When Christa is not in the classroom , she enjoys spending time with her family on the beach. 

Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan

Science Lesson: Climate Change Impacts on Crops

This lesson focuses on how climate change impacts agriculture. Students focus on how heat extremes and changes in precipitation will affect crop yields. 
 
Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch videos showing how climate change will impact agriculture. Students create a hypothesis that states how high heat and increased amounts of water might affect the germination of seeds.
 
Step 2 - Investigate: Students set up an experiment within the classroom and then observe their crops for a set amount of weeks, collecting data on their data sheets.
 
Step 3 - Inspire: Students write a conclusion showing the results of the data they collected and make a comparison between their experiment and climate change.
Grade 9-12
Subject Earth and Space Sciences
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Greenwashing: Media Literacy Lesson 9-12

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


Step 1 - Inquire: Students define greenwashing and define carbon emission reduction strategies.

 

Step 2 - Investigate: Students evaluate a company’s sustainability plan in regards to carbon emission reductions.

 

Step 3 - Inspire: Students present their findings to the class. As a class, students generate a list of which companies will and will not receive support from the students in the future.

Grade 9-12
Subject English Language Arts,Career Skills
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Greenwashing: Media Literacy Lesson 6-8
In this lesson, students analyze the concept of greenwashing of products. 

Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch videos related to greenwashing and look at examples of green products on the market.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students design a green product with a marketing campaign. 
Step 3 - Inspire: Students analyze the word choice that their peers used in their presentations of their product.
Grade 6-8
Subject English Language Arts,Career Skills
Resource Type Lesson Plan
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Impacts of Climate Change in New Jersey Writing Lesson
In this lesson, students learn about climate change, choose one impact of climate change affecting New Jersey, and write a claim-evidence-reasoning paragraph explaining why they believe it is the worst impact of climate change in New Jersey.

Inquire: Students watch a video on the basics of climate change.
Investigate: Students take notes while watching four videos on the impacts of climate change in New Jersey.
Inspire: Students select one of the impacts of climate change in New Jersey and write a paragraph explaining why they believe it is the worst impact of climate change.
Grade 6-8
Subject Earth and Space Sciences,English Language Arts
Resource Type Lesson Plan
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Narrative Writing Lesson: Severe Weather
This lesson introduces students to narratives by young people impacted by severe weather and guides students in writing their own stories.

Inquire: Students watch a video explaining how storms are increasing in severity due to climate change.
Investigate: Students analyze first-person narratives about severe weather by young people from across the United States.
Inspire: Students write and present their own narratives based on their experiences of storms or severe weather.
Grade 9-12
Subject English Language Arts
Resource Type Lesson Plan
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Ecosystem Lesson: Allele Frequency and Climate
In this lesson, students explore the impact of environmental changes on an organism's allele frequency.

Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch a video on peppered moths and identify vocabulary related to allele frequency.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students play a game to understand allele frequency changes that can occur in species impacted by changing environments.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students explore how climate change is impacting native Arctic communities and complete a project describing how climate change is impacting animals in the Arctic. 
Grade 9-12
Subject Biology
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Lesson Plan

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

Step 1 - Inquire: Students describe a photo, wonder about the origin of the plastic waste they see, and identify their feelings surrounding plastic pollution.

Step 2 - Investigate: Students complete multi-step math problems about single-use plastic water bottles, and learn about the connection between disposable plastics, pollution, and climate change.

Step 3 - Inspire: Students complete multiplication problems that show how small positive actions can have a big impact, brainstorm about the use of disposable plastics in their school, home, or community, and write a letter to persuade someone to take action to reduce the use of plastic.
Grade 3-5
Subject Mathematics
Resource Type Lesson Plan
Worksheets

Plastics: Multiplication Activity
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. This activity can be used as part of a broader study on plastics and climate change. Students can learn about plastic waste, plastic production, and more.
Grade 3-5
Subject Mathematics
Resource Type Worksheets
Worksheets

Plastics: Persuasive Writing Activity
This activity includes pre-writing and scaffolded writing templates to use after learning about the environmental impacts of plastic.
Grade 3-5
Subject English Language Arts
Resource Type Worksheets
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ELA Lesson: Green Transportation Opinion Writing
Students learn about carbon emissions and form an opinion on the best way to reduce carbon emissions related to transportation in their community.

Inquire: Students explore how carbon emissions have changed over time.
Investigate: Students interview a familiar person to see what mode of transportation they use to move around their local area.
Inspire: Students take what they have learned about carbon emissions and transportation and create an opinion piece on the best type of transportation for their community.
Grade 3-5
Subject
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ELA Lesson: Air Pollution and Electric Vehicles
Students use reading comprehension skills to learn about asthma, air pollution, and electric vehicles and analyze data from their interview results.

Inquire: Students analyze a video on how air pollution and asthma rates are related.
Investigate: Students determine the central idea of a text on electric vehicles and support the central idea with details from the text.
Inspire: Students construct a pie chart to show the data from the interviews they conducted.
Grade 3-5
Subject English Language Arts
Resource Type Lesson Plan
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ELA Lesson: Presenting on Green Transportation
Students create and present an informational poster on the method of green transportation that they think is best for their community and the environment.

Inquire: Students analyze an informational poster, identifying the central idea and key details.
Investigate: Students create an informational poster on a method of green transportation that showcases the data from the pie charts they created in the previous lesson.
Inspire: Students present their informational poster to an audience.
Grade 3-5
Subject English Language Arts
Resource Type Lesson Plan
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Biology Lesson: Invasive Species
Students learn how the spread of invasive species, driven by climate change, affects biodiversity. Using spotted lanternflies as an example, students discuss solutions to invasive species.

Inquire: Students are introduced to the concept of invasive species. 
Investigate: Students analyze the effects of spotted lanternflies on a community and discuss the effects of climate change on invasive species. 
Inspire: Students consider solutions to address invasive species and make infographics about spotted lanternflies. 
Grade 9-12
Subject Science
Resource Type Lesson Plan
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