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Lesson Plan: Introduction to Climate Justice
Open Google Doc of Introduction to Climate Justice Lesson Plan Synopsis This lesson introduces students to the concept of climate justice …
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Lesson Plan: Share Your Climate Story
In this lesson, students will explore some of the local climate impacts of their state and write a personal narrative to …
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Lesson Plan: Agriculture and Climate
In this lesson, students interact with the National Climate Assessment chapter on agriculture to learn about the multiple ways that agricultural …
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Lesson Plan: “Belleville” Coal Ash Dumping
In this problem-based learning exercise, students become community members of the town of Belleville, a fictional town in North Carolina where …
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Lesson Plan: Have the Talk, Climate Conversations
Research shows that having a one-on-one conversation with a friend or family member can have a significant impact on each person's …
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Lesson Plan: Hope After Hurricanes
For classrooms whose communities have been impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The activity allows students to share their experiences and …
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Lesson Plan: Mapping Air Pollution in Oakland, CA
Air pollution doesn't affect all people equally. In this NGSS-aligned lesson, students learn to make a heat map by drawing contour …
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Lesson Plan: Analyzing the Rise of U.S. Wildfires
In this activity, students graph the acres burned by wildfires across the U.S. by year and compare the trend to that …
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Student Worksheet: Turbine in the Wind
In this experiment, students apply engineering skills to build a Savonius wind turbine out of cardboard and test its efficiency.