This short video highlights Eshe from Boston and shows evocative images of flooding, severe storms, and communities dealing with sea level rise in the Northeast.
The "Is Ice, Ice Baby?" lesson plan is also included with this video.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This video provides visual evidence of flooding and severe storms and tells a personal story.
The included experiment is a fun way to get students involved with a hands-on activity.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with the definition of climate change.
It may be useful to discuss that not all flooding or storms are due to climate change, but the severity and/or frequency are changing due to climate change.
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Differentiation
Consider having students discuss an environmental problem in their area and have them work in groups to research solutions.
Students could investigate the consequences of sea level rise and climate change on communities, such as migration, the loss of life, and damage to infrastructure and property.
Science and technical design classes could investigate possible engineering solutions to some of these issues.
Students could write a reflection paragraph about how they would feel if their home or school was devastated by flooding.
Scientist Notes
This resource is suitable and recommended for teaching.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
ESS2: Earth's Systems
HS-ESS2-5 Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
HS-ESS3-1 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 2: Geography
D2.Geo.12.9-12 Evaluate the consequences of human-made and natural catastrophes on global trade, politics, and human migration.
