Climate Change: Have an Effect with a 1,000 Small Actions

• This five-unit module is filled with reading, writing, and data analysis activities that teach students about the greenhouse effect, the environmental, economic, and cultural impacts of climate change, and what students can do to lessen their effect on the planet.
• Each module contains 1-5 lessons, slide decks, activities, research or reading and writing, and an action step.
  

Positives

• The activities can be used individually to support lessons in your classes or as a complete unit.
• This resource is full of opportunities for student-centered reflections and student autonomy.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• If you choose to do the En-ROADS simulator, you should go through it with students to make sure they understand how to use it first. It is a wonderful tool for students to use!
  
• Right under each video, there's a link that says "View transcript" for use offline.
  
• Students should have a basic understanding of the carbon cycle to help with Unit 2.
• There may be ads before the videos.
  

Differentiation

• Unit 1 could support a classroom discussion on how America's economic system could become more sustainable and what obstacles are in the way of this process taking place.
• This unit could enhance a classroom discussion on the impact climate change may have on human migration patterns and how this movement of people could lead to social and political disruptions.
• Lesson 2 in Unit 1 could accompany a classroom discussion on the impact climate change is already having on home insurance rates in coastal communities.
• Unit 2 could supplement a lesson about how climate change may alter farming practices in the future.