Evaluating Climate Solutions
Lesson Plans
Grades9, 10, 11, 12Earth and Space Sciences, Engineering
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What it is
- In this module from OER Project: Climate, students will learn about mitigation and adaptation strategies.
- Students will evaluate solutions based on their efficacy, their classification as adaptation or mitigation, and potential risks.
- This is one of many lessons in the online Climate course by OER Project.
Teaching tips
Positives
- In this module, students are invited to construct their own opinion of geoengineering, giving them more control over their learning.
- Many questions are open-ended, allowing for more opportunities for in-depth discussion.
Prerequisites
- To access the teaching guide for this module, teachers will need to create a free account.
- Students should be familiar with the causes and impacts of climate change, and some of the solutions.
- Teachers should note that, at the beginning of the podcast episode, Hank Green talks briefly about going through cancer treatment.
Differentiation & Implementation
- To ensure students' understanding of each item, teachers may want to define the solutions on the list in the opening activity.
- After listening to the podcast on geoengineering, advanced students can check out this report to dig deeper into the proposed need to research geoengineering as a solution.
- To make connections to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, students can evaluate solutions in the activities based on the SDGs they may also address.
- To make connections to language arts, teachers can expand upon the geoengineering debate activity by arranging students in debate teams "for" or "against" geoengineering.
- Have students use the worksheet for this activity as an outline for drafting an argumentative essay, then edit and revise a final draft of the essay to turn in as an assessment.
From the scientist review
Solutions to climate change are explored, with a focus on mitigation, adaptation, and geoengineering. Benefits and trade-offs are examined with the goal of evaluating strategies. This resource’s greatest merit is that it discusses climate change mitigation and adaptation as complementary strategies, rather than as an either/or proposition. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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