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CLIMATE CHANGE

A Global-to-Personal Look at Our Carbon Footprint & Ecological Handprint

Grades: 4-6

Duration: 120 minutes

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TEACHER NOTES

TEACHER NOTES

This Prezi presentation draws its content from:

  • climatechangeconnection.org
  • NASA
  • NOAA

The lesson:

  • Unpacks the difference between weather and climate
  • Introduces why the climate crisis is occurring
  • Engages students in taking stock of their carbon footprints and their ecological handprints

Standards: NGSS - 5-ESS2; MS-ESS3-5

The handouts for the 'ranking and documenting our carbon footprint' activities are located at climatechangeconnection.org, along with teacher guides.

Copy and adapt this presentation as you see fit to guide your students.

Click here for teacher guides: http://climatechangeconnection.org/resources/climate-friendly-schools/resources-for-schools/#Lesson_plans

DIFFERENCE

DIFFERENCE

What is the difference between weather and climate? Talk to a neighbor about it. What’s the difference? You don’t have to agree. Just share what you think.

On your sticky notes:

List three things that you think of when you hear the word weather.

List three things that you think of when you hear the word climate.

Post them on the wall,

and let’s see what we think.

VIDEO

Now, let’s watch this quick video from NASA to check your understanding.

How right were we?

HOW RIGHT WERE WE?

Weather is about day-to-day changes. Is it rainy or sunny or somewhere in between? Is it hot or cold?

Is it snowing or raining?

Climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area. Different regions can have different climates.

COMPARATIVE

This is an illustration from NOAA. Let’s look at it a moment.

What is this drawing of weather and climate trying to tell us?

With weather, we make choices about what we are going to wear daily.

With a closet full of clothes, we can tell more about what type of climate a person is living in.

For instance, if you have lots of sweaters, you likely live somewhere cooler. Or if you have a lot of shorts, the climate is warmer.

CHOICES

OBSERVATIONS

Weather observations become climate data over time.

For instance, if you count out how many days were above 90 degrees or below 0, we can see general trends over time and year to year.

LET'S LOOK

LET'S LOOK

Let’s look at this animation about what is happening to the Earth’s climate.

Quick read

Form pairs.

QUICK READ

Take turns reading every other paragraph.

Use your highlighter to mark sections of things that contribute to greenhouse gasses.

See the article "Greenhouse Effect" by National Geographic here: https://prez.is/b5ks3wx/

CLIMATE RANKING

Take the climate ranking sheet and, with your partner, try to rank the biggest to smallest contributor to greenhouse gasses.

CLIMATE RANKING

Download the ranking sheet: https://prez.is/cu9pjaq/

DIFFERENT REGIONS

Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector

DIFFERENT REGIONS

While different regions of the Earth contribute different gasses, experts track such things globally. Here are the various global sources of greenhouse gasses from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

How do your rankings compare to the graph?

INVESTIGATE

What’s your carbon footprint and ecological handprint?

INVESTIGATE

Download the footprint and handprint activity sheets: https://prez.is/ll2pew2/

Do we have big hands and small feet?

LET'S COMPARE

What do we need to work on to decrease our carbon footprint and increase your ecological handprint?

ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT!

Given your investigations into your foot and hand prints, pair up and create a PREZI PRESENTATION or PREZI VIDEO that provides tips either at home, school, or any other space that you think should be more ecologically minded. Here are some helpful links to learn how.

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https://climatekids.nasa.gov/menu/weather-and-climate/

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/greenhouse-effect/4th-grade/

http://climatechangeconnection.org/resources/climate-friendly-schools/resources-for-schools/

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data

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