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When Residents Stand Together for the Climate!

Elementary, Middle

Description

This resource is part of Science Spotlight, a compilation that informs students about climate research being conducted by science heroes from across Canada and identifies the related climate actions they can undertake at home, in class or in the community. 

Students learn the advantages of working on local climate issues to make a larger impact and how the work of a research chair creates an understanding of current knowledge about a subject like climate change and shares the information with the public.

Students will:

  • Meet the local climate hero of this edition, Sophie L. Van Neste, an Associate Researcher and Professor, and Head of the Canada Research Chair in Urban Climate Action
  • Learn about the work of Sophie L. Van Neste’s research and how they have four focus areas for their research
  • Participate in discussions and observations in their community to identify possible areas of action by learning, identifying existing challenges and considering the positive and negative effects of each action undertaken
  • Learn the steps to act for urban climate action

Use the website search tool to access more Science Spotlights under the Advocacy and Citizen Participation category, such as:

  • Tales from the Trees 
  • Testing the Waters! 
  • Extreme Weather: Flood Rescue! 
  • Getting Your Hands Dirty in the Marsh 
  • Wild Wild Weather 
  • Adapting in the Prairies 
  • Sea Level Rise: Rising to the Challenge 
  • Powering Up with Farm Experts

 

General Assessment

Recommendation of how and where to use it

When Residents Stand Together for the Climate! compliments the Grade 4-8 Science and Social Studies units exploring the causes and consequences of climate change in addition to the curriculum outcomes related to quality of life and citizenship.

To extend the learning further, students could choose a local issue and follow the steps indicated in the resource to create a plan to address the issue. The students could then put their urban climate action plan into motion.

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Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)

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