History of Climate Science Research

• This historic timeline details the discoveries made related to climate science, beginning with the discovery of gases in 1640.
• Students will learn about the scientists and discoveries that enabled us to understand climate change and how climate change developed into the global problem it is today. 

Positives

• This timeline provides a thorough overview of climate science history.
• Each section of the timeline is concise, engaging, and includes an image or video. 

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have prior knowledge of climate change and its causes. 
  

Differentiation

• Cross-curricular connections can be made in social studies classes learning about the history of different scientific discoveries, or in language arts classes working on non-fiction reading strategies.
• This resource lends itself well to a jigsaw activity, where each student is tasked with becoming an expert on one component of the timeline and presenting their learning to the class. 
• As an extension, have students choose to add one component to the timeline through research or predict a future timeline component.