Carbon Emission Calculation

Students calculate the amount of CO2 they create when they travel. They could calculate it for particular trips, for a typical day or for other specified times. They could also calculate their total daily personal impact on the environment. There are a variety of...

International Summit on Climate Change

Students work in groups to select a country and research the impact that climate change is having on that country currently and the impact it may have in the future. To share the information, organize an “International Summit on Climate Change.” The groups play the...

Climate Change Interviews

Students interview people about climate change to find out about people’s general awareness, knowledge and concerns about it. They should plan their interview (or survey) questions in advance. They may also want to create an information sheet or brochure to leave with...

Readers’ Theater

Students work in groups to select a piece of writing — a short story, article, essay, poem, song, children’s story — that relates to themes of climate change or of human interaction with nature or other themes about the environment. They present the work as Readers’...

Data Visualization

Students work in groups and represent data from the book and other sources in a series of graphs and tables, using graphic software. They decide on the purpose and theme of their data representations and create a way to display/present them. They can present their...