Scientific Consensus: Global Warming Is Real and Caused by Us

Provided by: Project Look Sharp |Published on: August 12, 2021

Lesson Plans

9101112AP

Scientist Reviewed ↗

Synopsis

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.

Related Teaching Resources

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences

Authors: Project Look Sharp, Sox Sperry

Region: North America, United States, Global

Languages: English

View Resource

Teaching Materials

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?

Related Resources:

Other resources on this topic include this lesson on how we know climate change is real and this lesson from the National Center for Science Education on the scientific consensus about climate change.

Scientist Notes

Teaching Tips

Standards

Resource Type and Format

About the Partner Provider

Project Look Sharp

Project Look Sharp is a nonprofit, mission-driven outreach program of Ithaca College. Their mission is to help K-16 educators enhance students' critical thinking, metacognition, and civic engagement through media literacy materials and professional development.

Scientist Reviewed

This resource has been reviewed by SubjectToClimate's climate scientists and verified for scientific accuracy and up-to-date information. Our review process ensures that every resource in our library reflects the current state of climate science.

Learn about our review process →

Related Teaching Resources

All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.

Cookie Preferences

Scientific Consensus: Global Warming Is Real and Caused by Us

Synopsis

Teaching Materials

About the Partner Provider

Scientist Reviewed

Related Teaching Resources