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Database Provider

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Authors

Edward Malbach, Xinran Wang

Grades

6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Subjects

Social Studies, Civics

Resource Types

  • Interactive Media
  • Data

Regional Focus

North America, United States

Americans' Interest in Climate News 2020

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Synopsis

  • This interactive graph shows Americans' interest in climate news by state, congressional district, or county.
  • The resource includes a description of the data, methodology, and the survey questions used.

Teaching Tips

Positives

  • This resource provides a way for students to see how the desire to hear about climate change depends on location in America.

Additional Prerequisites 

  • Students should have a basic understanding of global warming. 

Differentiation 

  • After using the resource, students could poll people in their community on how interested they are in climate news and see how the results compare.
  • Students can work in small groups to answer the following questions:
    • What surprised you about this data?
    • What didn't surprise you?
    • How does geography impact this data?
    • Only adults over 18 were polled. If the scientists interviewed high school students, how do you think this data would change?
    • How do you think this data would change if the researchers used the term climate change instead of global warming?
Scientist Notes
This resource presents data on the public interest in climate news and stories in the USA using a multilevel regression with post-stratification to model the national survey dataset. The 999 bootstrap simulations used to visualize the data showed a 95% confidence level indicating the accuracy of the entire dataset on public interest in climate stories to inform better decision-making, policies, and education initiatives. There is no contradiction in the concepts or methods used, thus, this resource is recommended for educators to teach their grade students about the variability of public interest in climate stories.
Standards

This resource addresses the listed standards. To fully meet standards, search for more related resources.

  • English Language Arts
    • Reading: Science & Technical Subjects (6-12)
      • RST.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
  • Social Studies
    • U.S. History: America in the World - Geography, People, and the Environment
      • 6.1.12.GeoHE.13.a: Construct an argument on the effectiveness of environmental movements, their influence on public attitudes, and the efficacy of the government’s environmental protection agencies and laws.
      • 6.1.12.GeoHE.14.a: Evaluate the impact of individual, business, and government decisions and actions on the environment and climate change and assess the efficacy of government policies and agencies in New Jersey and the United States in addressing these decisions.
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