2018 National Climate Assessment - Northwest

• In this guide, teachers can access a collection of related lessons, guiding questions, videos, and case studies to help them bring the information from the 2018 National Climate Assessment's Northwest chapter to the classroom.
• The guide organizes content around the Key Messages from the report, highlights relevant figures and charts, and outlines sections to use for classroom instruction.

Positives

• Students of the Northwest will be able to see how climate change impacts their local reality.
• The report highlights the impacts of climate change on the livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should understand the causes of climate change and know some of the general impacts.
• Under Key Message 1, the lesson "Greenhouse Gas Tag" has no link.
• Under Key Message 3, "How Cities Affect Their Local Climate" is no longer available in the collection.
• Under Key Message 4, the lesson "Climate Change and Human Health" (also under Key Messages 5) is no longer available in the collection.
• Under Key Message 5, the lesson "Aerial Photography and Mapping Lesson Plan: Images of Katrina" and the video "A Bangladesh a Case Study" are no longer available in the collection.

Differentiation

• English language arts classes can use the guiding questions to practice citing evidence to support an answer to a question.
• Students with anxiety may benefit from participating in lessons that have a solutions focus.
• Students can write informational pieces about one of the case studies under the Key Message that resonates most with them.
• Students can discuss what they can do locally to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts and create community action plans.
• Geography students can discuss the natural resource economy of the Northwest, brainstorming local examples and identifying how climate change will impact these markets.