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Description
This resource is one of 14 activities in Green Learning’s Decoding Carbon - A Climate Policy Quest, which explores how policy is used to build a low-carbon future. The activities are grouped by topics. Teachers or students can do any resources independently or bundle them together to take action.
In this resource, students will explore and understand the effects of the climate change crisis from different perspectives. Starting from a global overview, to national and then to a local perspective, students will notice the change in scope and approach towards tackling the climate crisis.
Students will:
- watch videos on climate change that offer varying perspectives
- reflect on the different perspectives in their personal journals
- research examples of the impacts of climate change at the local, national and global levels
General Assessment
Strengths
This resource would be excellent to spark a discussion on the impacts of climate change in Canada and around the world. An excellent activity to introduce students to the IPCC’s assessment report and Canada’s Changing Climate Report which summarize the impacts of temperature increase beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial times.
Recommendation of how and where to use it
This resource would be excellent introduction activity to spark a discussion about the impacts of climate change in Canada and around the world. A great opportunity for students to discover the different perspectives of how we and others deal with climate change.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Grade 10
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- English/Language Arts
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- New Media 10: The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- Grade 11
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- Literary Studies 11: The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- New Media 11: The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- Science
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- Earth Science 11: The transfer of energy through the atmosphere creates weather and is affected by climate change
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- English Studies 12:The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
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- Environmental Science 12: Human activities cause changes in the global climate system
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- Specialized Science 12: Climate change impacts biodiversity and ecosystem health
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- Introduction to Environmental Science 120: Investigating Environmental Issues
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- Science 1206: Weather Dynamics
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- Environmental Science 3205: The Atmosphere and the Environment
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- Earth Systems 3209: The Earth Through Time
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- Experiential Science 10, Terrestial Systems: Climatology and Meteorology
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- Environmental Studies 35: Northern Climate
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- Science 431A: Earth and Space Science, Weather Systems
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- Environmental Science 621A: Environmental Challenges and Successes
- Saskatchewan
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- Grade 10
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- English/Language Arts
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- New Media 10: The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- Grade 11
- Step 3Select a subject
- English/Language Arts
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Literary Studies 11: The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- New Media 11: The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- Grade 12
- Step 3Select a subject
- English/Language Arts
- Step 4Relevant matches
- English Studies 12:The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
- Environmental Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Environmental Science 12: Human activities cause changes in the global climate system
- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Specialized Science 12: Climate change impacts biodiversity and ecosystem health
Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
Ecosystems (1)
- Appreciating the Natural World
