Climate Solutions

• This interactive tool gives students the chance to design a solution to climate change by manipulating a variety of factors related to energy production, land use, buildings, materials, and transportation. 
• The resource also includes several teaching resources and lessons. 

Positives:

• This tool makes it clear that no one solution will solve climate change. It helps students see the wide variety of solutions that will be needed.
• The tool is easy to use and great for visual learners.
• The link to Teaching Resources provides teachers with a number of climate change lesson plans.

Prerequisites

• Students should have a solid understanding of the science of climate change in order to understand how all of the solutions work.
• Some of the possible solutions in the tool are quite specific. There are information buttons that students can click to learn more, but teachers may want to pre-teach some of the less well-known solutions.

Differentiation

• Teachers could assign small groups different solutions to research and present to the class before working on the simulation.
• Science classes could discuss which solutions have the greatest impact on lowering greenhouse gas emissions and why.
• Other resources on this topic include this Project Drawdown video on climate solutions, this SubjectToClimate game on finding the best climate solutions, and this video that focuses on three impactful climate solutions.

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