This interactive resource discusses solutions to the risks of climate change including cutting emissions, removing carbon, adaptation, and geoengineering.
Students will learn about nature-based solutions, modern technologies, and potential future technological advancements that can help mitigate the climate crisis.
Teaching Tips
Positives
It is encouraging for students to learn about the answers that already exist and upcoming innovations in green technology.
It is engaging, interactive, and applicable to a diversity of learning styles due to the variety of media presented.
Additional Prerequisites
Studentsshould be at a high school reading level and have a baseline ability to interpret and analyze data.
For the most complete context, students should first visit the previous three pages on climate science, climate change, and risks.
Differentiation
Students can create a level-appropriate design for a climate solution of their choice.
At the end of the page, there is an option to "go deeper," which includes a nine-question quiz, Q & A, and links to more MIT Climate resources.
This resource is an interactive webpage that includes text, audio, video, and interactive components that gives an excellent overview of climate solutions, including examples of the three main strategies: mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering. These topics are presented clearly. This is a very well-produced and well-executed webpage that effectively conveys both the basics and the nuance of climate science solutions without overwhelming nor insulting the intelligence of students. This resource is recommended for teaching.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
HS-ESS3-4 Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.
LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
HS-LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 4: Taking Informed Action
D4.6.9-12 Use disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses to understand the characteristics and causes of local, regional, and global problems; instances of such problems in multiple contexts; and challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address these problems over time and place.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
Speaking & Listening (K-12)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.
