En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator

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Grades9, 10, 11, 12Physics, Economics

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Provided by Climate Interactive

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What it is

The En-ROADS simulator helps in understanding how we can achieve our climate goals through changes in energy, land use, consumption, agriculture, and other policies.
It shows how changes in GDP, energy efficiency, technological innovation, and carbon price influence carbon emissions and global temperature.

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Positives

The En-ROADS simulator is available in many languages.
It is very good for lovers of math, statistics, and analysis.

Prerequisites

The En-ROADS online simulator comes with a user guide which should be studied and used by the educator before trying it out with the students. There are also video illustrations, all under the help section.
Although the simulator can be used and viewed in the 12 languages listed above, the user guide is only available in English.

Differentiation & Implementation

High school teachers can introduce the En-ROADS simulator using SubjectToClimate's lesson Climate Solutions Scenarios with En-ROADS.
This resource can be used in a civics course as a policy workshop or role-playing game.
Science classes can use this resource to explore which combination of potential solutions could allow us to reach our global climate goals.
This resource can be used in language classes as it is available in numerous different languages.
Educators and learners who desire to be more grounded on climate change problems and solutions can sign up for this free course offered by En-ROADS.
Other resources related to climate change solutions include the interactive tool Climate Solutions, and the Table of Solutions by Project Drawdown.

From the scientist review

En-ROADS, though a variance of C-ROADS, is a simulator that will offers educators and students the opportunity to explore and learn the trends in global CO2, land use changes, population growth rate, etc. It has undergone a series of iterations, and it is recommended for teaching.

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At a glance

Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects: Physics, Economics
Other types: Activity - Classroom
Language: English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, German, Bulgarian, Italian, Turkish, Portuguese, Japanese, Norwegian, Hebrew, Slovak, Hindi, Swahili, Slovenian
Location: Earth
Provider: Climate Interactive
Authors: Climate Interactive
Published: April 27, 2021
Last updated: July 16, 2026
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Standards alignment · D1.1.9-12 + 10 more

Core

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards

D1.1.9-12Explain how a question reflects an enduring issue in the field.
D2.Civ.13.9-12Evaluate public policies in terms of intended and unintended outcomes, and related consequences.
D2.Eco.10.9-12Use current data to explain the influence of changes in spending, production, and the money supply on various economic conditions.
D2.Eco.11.9-12Use economic indicators to analyze the current and future state of the economy.
D2.Eco.8.9-12Describe the possible consequences, both intended and unintended, of government policies to improve market outcomes.
D2.His.15.9-12Distinguish between long-term causes and triggering events in developing a historical argument.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

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Mathematics

HSS.ID.A.1Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, and box plots).
HSS.ID.A.2Use statistics appropriate to the shape of the data distribution to compare center (median, mean) and spread (interquartile range, standard deviation) of two or more different data sets.
HSS.ID.B.6Represent data on two quantitative variables on a scatter plot, and describe how the variables are related.

Social Studies

Civics& Government 1 (F2): Students understand the ideals, purposes, principles, structures, and processes of constitutional government in the United States and in the American political system, as well as examples of other forms of government and political systems in the world by explaining how and why democratic institutions and interpretations of democratic ideals and constitutional principles change over time.

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