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2040 - Exploring Climate Change
Lesson1 of 6 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10ScienceEnvironmentalClimate ChangeEconomicDesign ThinkingIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureSystems Thinking
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students will be immersed in, and connect with, the documentary film 2040, focusing on the topic of climate change. Students begin by participating in a barometer activity to introduce them to some of the key terms around climate change. Students then work in groups to investigate a few of the key contributing factors to climate change – energy, food, and transport – by formulating a question around their assigned factor that could be explored through research.
These questions are then redistributed among the class for them to find answers to. Again, working collaboratively, students will formulate a question that could be addressed through an experiment or fieldwork, and develop a plan and justification for this experiment/fieldwork idea.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand key terms and processes relating to climate change
- recognise the key contributing factors to climate change
- recognise the role of developing a question to guide scientific research
Success criteria
Students can:
- work collaboratively and independently
- participate in class and group discussions
- select a science-based communication method suitable for their own work
- formulate questions that can be answered through research and experiments or fieldwork
- create and justify a plan for a scientific investigation
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