Scientific Consensus: Global Warming Is Real and Caused by Us
Lesson Plans
Grades9, 10, 11, 12, APEarth and Space Sciences
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What it is
- In this media literacy activity, students will read two articles about the scientific consensus that humans are causing global warming.
- Students will answer a variety of decoding questions that will help them examine the methods the authors used in the articles to validate or prove their points.
Teaching tips
Classroom Implementation:
- The activity plan provides questions for social studies, science, English language arts, and media literacy classes.
Preparation:
- Create a free account to access the resources.
- Download the files to use this resource.
Differentiation:
- To build confidence, students respond to questions individually or in small groups before discussing their answers as a class.
Extensions:
- Students discuss what makes a source credible. Students could consider the following questions:
- How do people verify information?
- What makes people trust an information provider?
- What might make someone change their mind about something they believe is true?
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From the scientist review
There are no contradictions in the datasets and scientific evidence as presented in the resource. This is recommended for students to investigate and gain deep knowledge of climate evidence.
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