Five Facts, Ten Words
Articles/Websites
Grades6-APSocial Studies, Chemistry, Mathematics
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Provided by Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
What it is
- This article simplifies the concept of climate change into five short and easy-to-communicate facts: scientists agree, it's real, it's us, it's bad, and there's hope.
- The document elaborates on each of the five facts, using graphs and charts to help explain the concepts.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This resource presents climate change facts in a succinct and straight-forward manner.
- Each of the five facts are backed with data.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should have background knowledge on climate change.
Differentiation
- Science or English classes could do group projects, in which each group does a presentation on one of the five facts.
- History and social studies classes could use this article for lessons about the Industrial Revolution and the influence of political discourse on public opinion.
- Music classes could write a song using the ten words as a refrain.
- Art classes could translate the five facts into visual images (drawings, collages, paintings, three-dimensional artwork, etc.)
- Other resources on this topic include this lesson plan on having climate conversations with people who do not believe in climate change, this article on communicating climate change through visual images, and this activity that shows students how climate change impacts people differently.
From the scientist review
The resource contains scientific evidence that human activity is causing climate change. It presents accurate facts from NASA and also a qualitative analysis on the beliefs systems and behavioral patterns of the American population towards climate change. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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