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A series of 5 lesson plans developed by NCSE and a group of highly skilled teacher ambassadors. Each lesson provides a teacher preparation guide, an accompanying webinar on implementation, 5E Tools for sharing the lessons with students, and supplemental activities.
https://ncse.ngo/scientific-consensus
Postsecondary High School Middle School
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In this lesson, students create their own scientific consensus on climate change through direct interpretation with climate data, as well as examining a popular climate myth.
Some of the most common climate skeptic arguments focus on climate models. In this lesson, students examine climate model data and learn how climate models are developed, as well as debunk common misconceptions about climate models and their capabilities.
"Climate has always changed. Why is today any different?" With Milankovitch cycles (what?!), ice cores and other paleoclimate data, students explore the logical fallacy behind this misconception.
Let's take a gamble... In this lesson, students delve into the local impacts of climate change and try their hand at beating the odds to see how climate change really is loading the dice and increasing the odds of more extreme weather.
What do wedges have to do with solving climate change? Turns out, everything. Students play the "Wedges Game" to balance various greenhouse gas-reductions strategies to achieve net-zero emissions. Students also explore local climate solutions that work in their communities.