This lesson explores climate data at local, national, and global levels to determine that temperatures are changing all over the world, and that there are certain locations where temperatures are warming faster than the global average.
Context for Use
This is the second lesson in the Climate Resiliency Education High School Climate Unit.
A table of states with the fastest warming summers from Climate Central.
Program
Resource Type
Lesson
Topics
High School
Instructional Time
55 minutes
NGSS Disciplinary Core Idea(s)
Published Date
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What Students Will Do
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What Students Will Do
Students will learn about the heat island effect.
Teaching Materials
Climate Resiliency HS2 -Teacher Guide
Climate Resiliency HS2 -Student Activity Sheet
Climate Resiliency HS2 - Student Activity Sheet Key
Climate Resiliency HS2 - Slides
Climate Resiliency HS2 - Forbes whycitieshotter
Climate Resiliency HS2 - climatecentral_UScitieshotter Birmingham Focus
Climate Resiliency HS2 - Climate Central Report Denver Focused
Description
- (5 minutes) Do Now: Reorient class to the storyline.
- (15 minutes) Text: Read Climate Central Report and discuss.
- (15 minutes) Activity A: Compare cities and states.
- (5 minutes) Building Consensus Discussion: Debrief on activity A.
- (10 minutes) Activity B: What's going on in the world?
- (5 minutes) Discussion and brainstorm: Generate ideas for next steps in the investigation.
