I have been teaching HS Chemistry in MA for the past 14 years, along with courses in Biology and Environmental Science. As an advocate for Climate Change education, for both teachers and students, I am always looking for content and opportunities to add climate change information to my professional practice and academic courses. I am also registered as a Climate Interactive En-ROADS Ambassador.
In this lesson, students research nuclear energy and advocate for its expansion or contraction in order to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Students form policy proposals and compromise on the best path forward.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students discuss rising global temperatures.
Step 2 - Investigate: In groups, students research nuclear fission technology and form a policy proposal advocating for or against more nuclear energy.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students meet with another group to collaboratively design a future energy policy.
In this lesson, students explore the effectiveness, co-benefits, and equity of climate solutions and create a climate action scenario to limit global warming to 1.5°C using Climate Interactive’s En-ROADS simulator.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students wonder about the composition of the atmosphere and analyze the relationship between global temperature and atmospheric CO2.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students become familiar with the En-ROADS simulator and explore the real-world impact of different climate actions, including the co-benefits, equity considerations, and effect on global temperature.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students create an En-ROADS scenario of effective and equitable climate actions that limits the rise in global temperature to 1.5°C by the year 2100.
In this activity, students learn to manipulate Climate Interactive’s climate solutions simulator: an online, open-access tool regularly updated with the most current data from a range of credible sources and used by policy professionals across the globe. Students learn about sectors that impact carbon emissions and then explore data-driven climate actions and their predicted results. Students immerse in complex, real-world scenarios, and examine equity and policy considerations as they test their ideas to create a better climate future for all.
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Subject Science,Earth and Space Sciences,Engineering
In this lesson, which can extend over several class periods, students research carbon removal technologies as climate solutions. Students participate in a role-play to determine the best solution for their community.
Inquire: Students review key information about the carbon cycle and carbon sinks.
Investigate: Students research and compare different carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies in terms of methods, resource requirements, risks, and benefits.
Inspire: Students evaluate and recommend a CDR technology for a specific geographically and demographically defined community.
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