Positives:

• This lesson plan really gets students considering the impacts of and possible solutions to climate change at a deep level.
• The "Design Our Climate" simulation is outstanding.

Additional Prerequisites

• This is part 9 of 9 in Explaining Climate Change, a series of lessons from The King's Centre for Visualization in Science.
• This lesson assumes students already have an understanding of the science behind climate change.
• Teachers should instruct students to closely read the text and follow all directions carefully.

Differentiation

• The readings in this lesson are extensive. Teachers should consider reading scaffolds for students who would benefit from that support.
• The lessons are set up so that students can proceed at their own pace.
• Teachers can have students work individually, as a small group, or as a class.
• Students can present their solutions plan from the "Design Our Climate" simulator to their classmates and discuss the pros and cons of different plans.
• Check out this similar climate change solutions simulator by Climate Interactive.
• Other resources on this topic include this table of solutions, this video on engineering solutions, and this interactive webpage and podcast on various solutions.