Re-representing a Climate Change Story

• In this activity, students will choose a 90-second radio story from Yale Climate Connection's extensive library of radio stories and re-tell the story using a different medium. 
• Students will learn about the important role that storytelling can play in science communication. 

Positives

• Each radio story includes a transcript, so students can read along with the audio or use the text on its own.
• The Student Page is a fillable pdf that guides students through the activity. It includes links to many radio stories, reflection questions, a rubric, and an example.
• This activity allows students to be creative.

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers should use the example found on page 6 of the Student Page to help students understand the activity.
• Teachers may want to set a time limit for how long students can spend choosing a radio story. 

Differentiation

• Students could do a showcase of their re-representations of the radio stories for younger students.
• World language classes could adapt this activity so that students re-represent the radio story using both a new medium and a different language.
• Other resources on this topic include this ClimateScience activity on writing and performing a climate change monologue, this SubjectToClimate lesson on reading and writing climate change poetry, and this ClimateScience activity on creating a climate change comic strip.

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