Climate Impacts and Solutions with En-ROADS Learning Lab

• In this learning lab, students will explore four interactive modules to learn about the causes of climate change and climate solutions to adapt to or mitigate climate change.
• Students will explore an interactive "classroom" of articles, videos, and data to learn more about the effects of climate change, take a look at multiple scenarios for the future of energy use and climate change, investigate how a fictional city is affected by (and can prepare for) the effects of climate change, and review what they have learned with a digital board game quiz.
• A comprehensive teacher guide, including six lessons that go along with this learning lab, can be utilized to create an entire unit about climate impacts and solutions for your classroom.

Positives

• The gamified quiz in the fourth presentation is an engaging way for students to demonstrate their understanding.
• Students will enjoy exploring the map of Bradburyville to learn about mitigation and adaptation strategies.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• The crab and the solar panels in the interactive classroom are broken links.
• In the third presentation, during the warmer winter portion, the information on the marsh is unfinished and the link for "This could mean trouble for fish species!" is broken.
• Students should have a basic understanding of what climate change is and how humans are contributing to it.

Differentiation

• Students exploring the first two presentations may benefit from guided notes or looking through the resources as a class.
• Students exploring the map may want a way to track which/how many locations they have already clicked on.
• Students can create their own quiz questions from the material in the interactives to test their peers on the content in a particular section.
• After viewing the map activity, students can select one mitigation or adaptation strategy that would be beneficial in their area to explore.