The Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Positives

• This video includes engaging speakers, a female scientist, and charts, graphs, and other graphics that aid in comprehension.
• This resource explains scientific processes, attribution science, and walks students through how scientists make determinations about the connection between climate change and extreme weather.

Additional Prerequisites

• It may be helpful to pause the video after important text is displayed to ensure that students understand these concepts and terms.
• Extreme weather can be a difficult topic for students who have been impacted by it, so think about how to support students' personal experiences and emotions.

Differentiation

• Consider pairing this resource with this animated video on extreme weather, making use of the interactive quiz, assessment, and other included materials.
• As an extension, have students do a deeper dive into attribution science and how attribution scientists are identifying links between extreme weather and climate change.
• Give students the opportunity to discuss examples of extreme weather events that are specific to the areas in which they live.
• Language arts students can focus on the importance of word choice and effective communication strategies when discussing important topics that can affect public policy, human health, and the environment.
• Science classes can focus on the importance of communicating science to the public and how to utilize data analysis of scientific observations for the public good.