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The world’s youth will have a significant role to play if we are to bring about the widespread behavioural change needed to shift towards more sustainable lifestyles and consumption habits. It is important for young people to understand that behind over-consumption lies increased exploitation of resources, rising poverty, widening inequalities and persistent conflicts, all of which will worsen with climate change and eventually will minimize their opportunities for a better and sustainable future. The poorest of the poor, those who cannot consume enough to meet their basic needs, are the worst hit by climate change. Most of these are young people under 24, who make up nearly half of the world’s population, with most living in developing countries.
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Science and Technology,
Social Sciences
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Secondary
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Policy and Advocacy,
Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition,
Green Education
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United Nations
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This 4 week module on vulnerability to environmental change is part of a third-year course called Sustainability and the Environment (EGS 3021F) in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science. The course introduces the concept of vulnerability and explores its origin drawing on three different conceptual approaches,namely: risk/hazard, political/economy/ecology, and ecological resilience. It then looks at different methods for undertaking vulnerability assessments. Building on the theory and method sections, it focuses on why the concept of vulnerability is important in the field of environmental change, with a focus on climate change. The international process of assessing the science is explored, followed by material addressing adaptation to climate change and examples of vulnerability and adaptation in practice in South Africa.
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Science and Technology,
Social Sciences
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Post-secondary
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Climate Change
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University of Capetown
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In this activity about climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula, learners investigate environmental changes in the living and nonliving resources of Antarctic peninsula and the impact of these changes on Adelie penguin communities. The activity stresses the importance of evidence in the formulation of scientific explanations.
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Science and Technology
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Secondary
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Ecosystems,
Climate Change
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CLEAN
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This Climate Change Impacts Collection provides the teacher and their students the opportunity to explore some of the environmental changes already observed, from the Arctic to tropical regions. Data sources provide historic precipitation and temperature records, allowing students to compare changes in their own local area to others. Lessons included, provide opportunities for place-based instruction related to climate change, others provided a more global perspective. The background resources provided in this collection tend to be for the teacher and/or the advanced student.
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Science and Technology
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Secondary
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Water,
Climate Change
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NOAA
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This article looks at the content knowledge teachers will need to prepare young students for later introduction of the fourth essential principle of the climate sciences, which is "Climate varies over space and time through both natural and man-made processes." The author describes the concepts that underlie the principle, provides maps and visuals from the federal agencies that monitor weather and climate changes, and identifies online resources for the teacher. The free, online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle is structured on the seven essential principles of the climate sciences, which are required for climate literacy.
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Science and Technology
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Primary
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Beyond Weather & The Water Cycle
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Is climate variability affected by the ongoing addition of greenhouse gasses to Earth's atmosphere? Join Dr. Chris Charles as he explains how geological archives are shedding new light on the human impact on climate. (52 minutes)
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Science and Technology
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Secondary,
Post-secondary
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Human Impact,
Climate Change
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UCTV Teacher's Pet
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This 4 week module, supported by powerpoint slides, uses climate change to explore key environmental and geographical issues, including justice scale, international equality, global political processes, and environmental change. We begin by examining the foundation and principles of the environmental movement, distinguishing between different types of environmentalism and articulating early environmental conflicts between the North and South. We then develop ideas of environmental justice and how it applies to climate change.
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Science and Technology
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Post-secondary
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Climate Change
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University of Capetown
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If you'd visited Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park 100 years ago, you probably would have encountered the alpine chipmunk, Tamias alpinus. Today, however, park visitors will have to hike up a nearby mountain to see one of these critters. That's because this species is sensitive to temperature and over the last hundred years of global climate change, Yosemite has warmed by about 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit. As the temperature increased, the chipmunks retreated to higher and higher elevations where it was cooler. Today, they occupy a fraction of their original range. If climate change continues, they could be squeezed right off the tops of their mountains and out of existence.
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Science and Technology
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Secondary,
Post-secondary
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Understanding Evolution (UC, Paleontology)
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This "clicker case" begins by assessing students' impressions of global climate change and the role that human activities play in recent global warming trends. Students assume the role of an intern working for a U.S. senator. They need to understand the scientific evidence for human impact on climate change so that they can advise the senator on future policy decisions. The case was designed for use in a one-semester introductory biology course taken primarily by freshmen and sophomores to fulfill a general education requirement, but could be used in any introductory biology course or in an ecology or environmental science course. It consists of a PowerPoint presentation (~1.6MB) presented in class that is punctuated by multiple-choice questions students respond to using personal response systems ("clickers"). The case can be adapted for use without these technologies.
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Science and Technology,
Social Sciences
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Post-secondary
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Climate Change
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Case Study Teaching in Science
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This animation describes how citizen observations can document the impact of climate change on plants and animals. It introduces the topic of phenology and data collection, the impact of climate change on phenology, and how individuals can become citizen scientists.
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Science and Technology
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Primary,
Secondary
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Ecosystems,
Climate Change
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CLEAN
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Cartoon animation focusing on adapting to climate change, specifically in Wisconsin, by helping the community prepare for changes that are already impacting the region.
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Science and Technology
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Secondary
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Climate Change,
Energy
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CLEAN
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In this activity, students research the relationship between hosts, parasites, and vectors for common vector-borne diseases (VBDs) and evaluate how climate change could affect the spread of disease.
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Science and Technology
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Secondary
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Climate Change
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CLEAN
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In this activity students research the inter-dependencies among plants and animals in an ecosystem and explore how climate change might affect those inter-dependencies and the ecosystem as a whole.
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Science and Technology
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Secondary,
Post-secondary
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Ecosystems,
Climate Change
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CLEAN
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Through this game show activity from Climate Change North in Canada, students explore the issue of climate change and its impacts. As a motivational introduction or culminating activity, this game provides an opportunity to stimulate the interest and activate prior knowledge that students may have about climate change.
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Science and Technology
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Secondary
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Energy,
Ecosystems,
Climate Change
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CLEAN
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Climate Change and Water - Perspectives from the Forest Service is a summary of a forthcoming report by the Forest Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture which will detail the likely impacts of climate change on the Nation's forested watersheds and highlight the importance of managing forests to provide clean, abundant water.
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Science and Technology
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Primary
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Water,
Ecosystems,
Climate Change
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U.S. Forest Service
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Find out how climate change is affecting Antarctic Adélie penguins and their ecosystem in this video segment adapted from Lloyd Fales and Sweetspot Pictures, Inc.
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Science and Technology
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Primary,
Secondary
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Climate Change
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Teachers' Domain
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This module on population and development is part of the World Bank Group's educational site that addresses sustainable development in the world. An introduction, objectives, activities, and references are provided. Educators can use the activities to help students understand population growth rates.
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Science and Technology
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Secondary,
Post-secondary
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Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition
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United Nations
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Explore this site to learn about the science and impacts of climate change. The site also provides games that help students, their parents and their teachers learn about both the science of climate change and what actions they can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Science and Technology
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Primary
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Climate Change
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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