"Adesh's Deep Sea Dive"
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Provided by: ClimateScience|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This digital book is set on the coast of Sri Lanka, where a boy named Adesh learns from his oceanographer neighbor about climate change, sea level rise, biodiversity loss, and unhealthy living conditions for sea life.
- Students will learn about solutions to climate change and what they can do to make a difference.
Subjects: Science, Social Studies, English Language Arts
Authors: ClimateScience
Region: Asia, Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The book contains helpful pronunciation guides for Sri Lankan names, a world map, and a glossary.
- Women are depicted in the roles of oceanographer and fisher, countering the stereotype that certain professions are for men.
Prerequisites
- Though this book may be read as a stand-alone book, it is the sixth in a series of books from ClimateScience.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Older students could use this to reactivate knowledge about greenhouse gases and how they cause climate change.
- Younger students could use this story as inspiration for a drawing of themselves doing one of the activities that Methuli suggests can help fight climate change.
- Students could draw a cause and effect diagram to show the actions that are affecting the ocean.
- Students could also read this interactive storybook introduction to climate change.
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ClimateScience
ClimateScience inspires young talents to seek careers in fields where they contribute to climate solutions. By providing beautifully illustrated, understandable, science-based educational content for free for everyone, they are building the fundamentals for Climate Education.
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