We Need to Talk About Your Gas Stove, Your Health, and Climate Change

• This short NPR podcast and longer article breaks down the negative aspects of using natural gas, and focuses on the emissions that gas stoves release into homes. 
• The article is preceded by a short podcast that summarizes the article, and includes a written transcript of the podcast that can be accessed by clicking the paragraph symbol on the audio file. 

Positives

• This short podcast is interesting and engaging, and clearly states the argument against the use of natural gas use in the home.
• The article goes into more depth than the podcast and allows for many class questions and debates. 
• The article has many resources linked throughout, and takes statements from all sides.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know the definitions of words such as epidemiology, combustion, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and nitrogen dioxide. 
  

Differentiation

• This article could be used in an English class as an example of an argumentative essay.
• A potential activity could be a debate where the teacher divides the class into two groups, where one group argues for gas stoves and the other group argues against gas stoves.
• Science classes could use this to show the effect of natural gas on climate change.
• Some other related resources are this StC lesson plan Natural Gas: Water & Climate Impacts, and this article  Should It Be Called "Natural Gas" or "Methane"?.

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