Lesson Plans

SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 9-12
60 mins
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Evaluating Personal Perspectives: Climate Change Effects

In this lesson, students explore three different personal perspectives on the effects of climate change, evaluate arguments and reasoning, and advocate for climate change through a personal call to action.

Topic: Discussion
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Lesson Plan, Video
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 9-12
60 mins
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Find the Tone of the Zone

In this lesson, students learn the five climate zones in New Jersey and interpret facts into a poetic voice from the point of view of nature.

Topics: Climate Change, Poetry Writing
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Article, Digital Text, Lesson Plan, Project
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 9-12
60 mins
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Climate Change Local Research

In this lesson, students explore four major categories of climate change, identify one to further research, and create a fact sheet.

Topics: Climate Change, Research
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Activity - Classroom, Data, Lesson Plan
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 9-12
70 mins
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Gaming and Climate Change

In this lesson, students explore the role of video games in bringing awareness to climate change and explore the tensions and purposes of video games as they relate to climate change.

Topics: Climate Change, Design Thinking
Subject: Computer Science and Design Thinking
Types: Article, Lesson Plan, Project
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 9-12
60 mins
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Desalination Exploration

In this lesson, students explore different methods of desalination.

Topics: Design Thinking, Design Thinking, Oceanography
Subject: Computer Science and Design Thinking
Types: Lesson Plan, Project, Video
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 9-12
70 mins
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Precipitation Data: What Does It Show?

In this lesson, students use New Jersey precipitation data to create graphs and discuss climate change.

Topic: Graphing
Subject: Mathematics
Types: Data, Lesson Plan, Scientific Papers or Reports
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 6-8
60 mins
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Rising Temperatures Over Time

In this lesson, students choose temperature data to graph in order to explore the relationship between maximum and minimum New Jersey temperatures over time.

Topics: Climate Change, Graphing
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics, Science
Types: Activity - Classroom, Data, Lesson Plan, Video
SubjectToClimate
Grades 9-12
90 mins
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Say What?: Effective Speech Writing

In this lesson, students discuss three effective strategies for talking about climate change, then write and present a speech using the three strategies.

Topic: Public Speaking
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Lesson Plan, Video
SubjectToClimate (NJ adapted)
Grades 6-8
85 mins
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Redlining, Tree Equity, and Environmental Racism

In this lesson, students learn how redlining connects to tree equity and racial justice.

Topics: American History: 1865-Present, Government, Human Geography
Subjects: Civics, Geography, History, Social Studies
Types: Article, Interactive Media, Lesson Plan
SubjectToClimate
Grades 9-12
90 mins
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Deforestation Odes and Elegies

In this lesson, students learn about deforestation and climate change and respond by writing an ode or an elegy.

Topic: Poetry Writing
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Lesson Plan, Video
SubjectToClimate
Grades 9-12
60 mins
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Artistic Slogans & Parallel Structure

In this lesson, students evaluate three slogans on climate awareness and advocacy and create their own artistic slogans with four specific types of parallel structure.

Topics: Drawing, Language
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Lesson Plan, Project, Video
SubjectToClimate
Grades 9-12
105 mins
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A Bird's Eye View

In this lesson, students learn the impacts of climate change on birds, explore the effectiveness of public art on climate change awareness, and synthesize informational texts into a persuasive or argumentative essay.

Topic: Persuasive Writing
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Article, Artwork, Lesson Plan, None, Video
SubjectToClimate
Grades 6-8
100 mins
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The Equity of Landfills

In this lesson, students explore various impacts of landfills, learn about the environmental justice movement, and apply their learning to community action.

Topic: Nonfiction
Subject: English Language Arts
Types: Article, Interactive Media, Lesson Plan, None, Video
SubjectToClimate (Oregon adapted)
Grades 6-8, 9-12
110 mins
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Ecocide: A Tool for Ecological Justice (Ecocide and Climate Change #1)

In this lesson, students explore the question of whether ecocide -certain acts of environmental damage- should be considered a crime, as proposed in international law.

Topic: World History: 1750-Present
Subjects: History, Social Studies
Types: Article, Digital Text, Interactive Media, Lesson Plan, None, Video
Ecocide and Climate Change Unit