Students could use this resource to find visuals for research papers or science projects.
Art classes could use this resource in a unit about photography. Students could discuss how photographs tell a story without using words.
Other resources on this topic include this activity on significant environmental changes around the world, this Google Earth timelapse video on how climate change has impacted the Earth's oceans, and this lesson on how climate change affects people.
Scientist Notes
The images show how climate change impacts the human population. Photos are properly credited and there is no misconception in the resource. Recommended for teaching environmental and climate justice.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.
MS-ESS3-5 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 2: Geography
D2.Geo.10.6-8 Analyze the ways in which cultural and environmental characteristics vary among various regions of the world.
National Core Arts Standards
Visual Arts: Standard 7 - Perceive and analyze artistic work.
VA:Re7.1.6a Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value
VA:Re7.1.Ia Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
VA:Re7.2.Ia Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.
