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Climate Action Toolkits
Provided by: The Climate Initiative |Published on: October 4, 2023
Activity - Classroom Grades 9-12
Synopsis
- This resource contains multiple activities that inform students about sustainability, climate mitigation strategies, microfibers, and some other topics that are related to climate change.
- Students can engage with activities that consider the sustainability of one's wardrobe, a project that allows them to create a poster that raises awareness about climate change, interactive tool that provides students with a framework for solving climate change, get a background with ARCGIS, and experience many other activities that are available in the collection.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Economics, Civics
Authors: The Climate Initiative
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Global, Maine
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The En-ROADS interactive tool has connections to MIT and is an engaging and interactive tool for students to use.
- One of the activities involves painting, which is great way for students to express themselves.
Additional Prerequisites
- In order to download any of the toolkits, you have to provide some contact information.
- It may be beneficial if students already know what sustainability is and how it relates to energy use and climate change.
Differentiation
- Teachers can use the Tree Equity Score toolkit as a conceptual introduction to environmental racism.
- Students can use the Upcycling and Innovation toolkit for a research project on different methods of increasing personal sustainability.
- The Tree Equity Score toolkit can enhance a classroom discussion on how climate change impacts the health of some groups more than others.
- The Seed Bomb toolkit can support a lesson on how climate change impacts ecosystems around the world.
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About the Partner Provider
The Climate Initiative
The Climate Initiative is a nonpartisan, science-based climate change organization based in Kennebunkport, Maine whose mission is to empower youth voices for climate action. Through national education and empowerment initiatives, youth are learning about climate solutions and becoming agents of change in their communities and beyond. Learn more about TCI by connecting with us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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