Description:
This set of lesson plans explores Minnesota’s unique biomes and what a changing climate will mean for the state. It is considered a model for place based climate change education.
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Learning Objectives:
Lesson 1: What is a journal for?
Students will identify key features of a journal.
Students will identify journal entry themes.
Students will compare journal entries from different time periods and in different styles.
Students will create their own journal to be used for outdoor observation and documenting their exploration of Minnesota’s Changing Climate.
Lesson 2: What defines Minnesota’s biomes?
Students will identify Minnesota’s four main biomes.
Students will identify characteristic vegetation and animals found in each biome.
Students will describe and compare factors that define each biome.
Lesson 3: What defines Minnesota’s climate?
Students will define climate and weather.
Students will define climate change.
Students will define phenology.
Students will gather their own weather data from their school site and record it in their journal.
Students will graphically represent authentic data from Minnesota’s Climatology site.
Students will make three predictions of how a change in climate might affect Minnesota’s biomes.
Lesson 4: What is climate change and what does it mean for Minnesota?
Students will explain the causes of climate change.
Students will explain the implications of climate change.
Students will predict how climate change might impact or is impacting the area where they live.
Students will describe five key climate change implications for Minnesotans.
Lesson 5: What does the data show?
Students will make their own interpretations of figures of data that represent different impacts of climate change on Minnesota.
Students will make the connection between 3-D objects and what the data represents.
Students will divide 3 statements about each graph into true or false categories.
Students will share their results.
Students will brainstorm how climate change could affect their biome.
Lesson 6: What can I do?
Students will brainstorm appropriate solutions and select one for their group, class or school.
Students will develop a climate action plan and begin to implement it.
Tools & Materials:
Outdoor space
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