Students could use this resource to find visuals for research papers or science projects.
Art classes could use this resource in a unit about photography. Students could discuss how photographs tell a story without using words.
Other resources on this topic include this activity on significant environmental changes around the world, this Google Earth timelapse video on how climate change has impacted the Earth's oceans, and this lesson on how climate change affects people.
Scientist Notes
The images show how climate change impacts the human population. Photos are properly credited and there is no misconception in the resource. Recommended for teaching environmental and climate justice.
Standards
Science and Engineering
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
MS-ESS3-5 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
Visual and Performing Arts
Visual Arts: Standard C1 - Perceive and analyze artistic work.
D.C1.3.a Hypothesize about the processes an artist uses to create a work of art.
D.C1.3.b Determine messages communicated by an image.
D.C1.6-8prof.a Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value.
D.C1.9-12prof.a Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
D.C1.9-12prof.b Analyze how experiencing visual imagery affects the viewer’s understanding of the world.
