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Who Releases the Most Greenhouse Gases
Grade Level
High School
- Students will be able to compare and contrast different ways of measuring greenhouse gas emissions
- Students will be able to construct an argument about responsibility for climate change grounded in data about emissions
Climate Change and Infectious Diseases
Grade Level
High School
- Students will be able to identify the wide range of ways in which climate change is affecting our health
- Students will be able to articulate how these effects can be addressed
Solar Geoengineering Mini Simulation Activity
Length
Two class periods
Learning Objectives
Students will evaluate the implications of climate change and geoengineering through the lens of the U.S. National Security Council.
Global Affairs Expert Webinar: Rising to the Climate Challenge
Maria Carmen Lemos, professor of sustainability and development, and climate and energy, and codirector of Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments at University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability, leads a conversation on environmental policy and climate adaptation.
Engaging Students in Interdisciplinary Climate Education
Watch this webinar to learn how teaching about climate change is central to preparing students to be informed citizens in our connected world.
Climate Change: Introduction
Grade Level
High School
- Students will understand how the greenhouse effect functions and how it is pushing the earth toward tipping points.
Climate Prompts: Fact or Fiction?
Length
Varies
Learning Objectives
Students will examine and compare their current understandings of climate change in this introductory activity to the topic.
Climate Change: Mitigation
Grade Level
High School
- Students will be able to categorize the various ways in which human activity causes climate change, and analyze the potential for mitigating those effects.
Climate Change: Coffee and Costs
Grade Level
High School
- Students will be able to articulate the costs of climate change to the economy and to food and water security.
- Students will be able to identify some of the impacts of climate change in their own community.
Create a Mitigation Awareness Video
Length
One 60-90 minute class period
Learning Objectives
Students will work together to design and film public-facing awareness videos regarding greenhouse gas emissions and opportunities for greenhouse gas mitigation.