Lesson Plans

SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
90 mins
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The Importance of Biodiversity (Number Sense & Biodiversity #1)

In this lesson, students learn about habitats and how plants, prey, and predators interact based on their needs.

Topic: Organisms: Life and Growth
Subjects: Biology, Science
Types: Games, Lesson Plans, Videos
Number Sense & Biodiversity Unit
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
60 mins
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Using Numbers to Think About Biodiversity (Number Sense & Biodiversity #2)

In this lesson, students use a base number to compare the numbers of extinct, endangered, and vulnerable species and consider how to help protect animals and plants.

Topic: Number Sense
Subject: Mathematics
Types: Activity - Classroom, Lesson Plans, Scientific Papers or Reports
Number Sense & Biodiversity Unit
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
60 mins
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Conservation to Improve Biodiversity (Number Sense & Biodiversity #3)

In this lesson, students learn about how people are protecting living things and create their own plan to protect living things.

Topic: Organisms: Life and Growth
Subjects: Biology, Science
Types: Artwork, Lesson Plans, Scientific Papers or Reports, Videos
Number Sense & Biodiversity Unit
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
70 mins
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Water All Around Us (Water and Plant Survival #1)

In this lesson, students make personal connections to water while introducing the types and locations of water in the world.

Topic: Ecosystems
Subjects: Biology, Science
Types: Lesson Plans, Videos
Water and Plant Survival Unit
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
75 mins
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Sea Level Rise (Water and Plant Survival #2)

In this lesson, students investigate why sea level rise is occurring and consider how people’s actions can alter its course.

Topic: Climate Change
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Science
Types: Lesson Plans, Videos
Water and Plant Survival Unit
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
90 mins
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Plant Survival (Water and Plant Survival #3)

In this lesson, students learn about science experiments, design and execute an experiment to learn about what plants need to survive, and communicate their findings to others.

Topic: Organisms: Life and Growth
Subjects: Biology, Science
Types: Lesson Plans, Videos
Water and Plant Survival Unit
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
105 mins
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Salt and Plants (Water and Plant Survival #4)

In this lesson, students reflect on how salt affects plants, learn how some communities are finding ways to grow plants in saltier conditions, and create a mural to share their learning with the community.

Topic: Organisms: Life and Growth
Subjects: Biology, Science, Visual and Performing Arts
Types: Lesson Plans, Videos
Water and Plant Survival Unit
SubjectToClimate
Grades 3-5
110 mins
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What Do These Numbers Mean?

In this lesson, students read charts and graphs about weather, climate, and climate change and represent data in a graph.

Topics: Climate Change, Graphing, Interpret Data, Weather
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics, Science
Types: Articles and Websites, Charts, Graphs, and Tables, Lesson Plans, None, Videos
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
30 mins
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Read Aloud Guide: Wet by Carey Sookocheff

This read aloud is an entry point to discussing the importance of water in our lives.

Topic: Fiction
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Activity - Classroom
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
30 mins
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1,000 Number Packet

In this activity, students engage with reading, writing, and comparing numbers to better understand the effects of human activity on the world’s organisms.

Topic: Number Sense
Subject: Mathematics
Types: None, Worksheets
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
30 mins
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Conservation Plan Research & Writing

In this activity, students will research and write about a threatened species from their area.

Topic: Expository Writing
Subjects: English Language Arts, Science
Types: None, Worksheets
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
20 mins
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Leveled Reader: Farming in Bangladesh

Through this book, students will learn about the impacts of sea level rise on farming communities in Bangladesh.

Topic: Nonfiction
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Ebooks, None
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
10 mins
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Trauma-Informed Care (TiC) Caregiver Info and Letter

This letter and teacher resource and provided as an entry point to thinking about trauma-informed care in relation to climate change learning in your classroom.

Types: None
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
20 mins
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Leveled Reader: Farming in Pakistan

Through this book, students will learn about the impacts of sea level rise on farming communities.

Topic: Nonfiction
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Ebooks, None
SubjectToClimate
Grades 3-5
115 mins
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Green Careers: A Public Speaking Lesson

In this lesson, students act as science communicators to explain patterns in temperature changes over time.

Topic: Public Speaking
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Articles and Websites, Lesson Plans, Videos
SubjectToClimate
Grades 6-8
150 mins
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Reading Lesson: Sustainable Seafood

Students read and analyze information about where we get our seafood and sustainable seafood practices.

Topic: Nonfiction
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Articles and Websites, Charts, Graphs, and Tables, Lesson Plans, None, Videos
SubjectToClimate
Grades 3-5
15 mins
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Brainstorming: What Is Climate Change?

This activity acts as an anticipation guide to learn what knowledge students already have about climate change.

Topic: Research
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: None, Worksheets
SubjectToClimate
Grades K-2
20 mins
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My Hearing Spot: Decodable Reader

In this decodable book, students will learn how to use a "sit spot" or a quiet place in nature to observe and notice animals and plants in their area.

Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Ebooks, None