Provided by: NASA Climate Kids |Published on: March 12, 2024
Articles/Websites Grades 3-5, 6-8
Synopsis
This easy-to-follow reference guide helps students comprehend various climate change topics, such as greenhouse gasses, sea level rise, and the difference between weather and climate.
Students will learn the answers to basic climate change questions and investigate further using linked videos, articles, and graphics.
Each climate change question and short answer also has a link to a more in-depth explanation, including a mixture of videos, animated graphics, and colorful visuals.
Each of the ten questions, answers, and related links can be a stand-alone lesson, so teachers can create a two-week unit using this website.
Additional Prerequisites
Teachers can download this resource as a PDF.
The link for NASA citizen science projects does not work on the PDF, only on the webpage.
Teachers and students will need internet access.
Some of the links lead to the same resource.
Differentiation
There are ten climate change questions and answers with linked resources, so English teachers can assign small-group research projects and have students give verbal presentations to fulfill the speaking and listening standards.
Teachers can strategically assign the topics with a video and less text for auditory learners and assign the more text-heavy ones to students with a lot of reading stamina and visual learners.