What Is Wet Bulb Temperature?

Positives

• The video is well-produced and filled with useful animations.
• The article features a great quote from Sir David Attenborough. 
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students need to know what humidity is.
• It may be beneficial if students already know what greenhouse gases are, how humans emit them, and how they impact the planet.
  

Differentiation

• Students can watch the video at home to prepare for an in-class discussion on what regions in the United States are most susceptible to higher wet bulb temperatures.
• This resource can accompany a brainstorming session where students consider different methods of pressuring lawmakers to address climate change.
• This resource can support a classroom discussion on how students can stay safe if their community is experiencing wet bulb temperatures above the safe threshold.
• This resource can enhance a lesson on how climate change impacts human health on a global scale.