Teaching Climate

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Topic(s): Heavy Precipitation/Floods, Heat Waves, Drought, Drought, Climate Impacts, Emissions Reduction, Mitigation Strategies, Retrofitting Infrastructure, New Infrastructure, Social Innovation, Adaptation Strategies, Human Responses to Climate

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)

This short, animated video describes what is meant by climate, its characteristics, and the range of impacts due to climate change. The difference between mitigation and adaptation is also discussed.

ADAPTATION: Ice Stupas of Ladakh

Topic(s): Melting Ice and Permafrost, Availability of Water Resources, Agricultural Changes / Food Security, National Security, Social Innovation, Adaptation Strategies

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

In this video, learn how communities in the arid high-mountain region of Ladakh rely on glacial water to feed streams and water crops during the spring and summer months. Global warming is dramatically reshaping the future of these areas. Meet a Ladakhi teacher and engineer who devised a method to capture and store glacial runoff into magnificent ice pyramids that are used as water resources throughout the summer and during peak agricultural months.

ADAPTATION: Coral Reefs of Vanuatu

Topic(s): Measurements and Observations, Ecosystem Changes, Plants and Animals, Economic Impacts, Climate Impacts, Social Innovation, Adaptation Strategies

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

The coral reefs of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu are the backbone of the island's environmental and economic health. Today they face destruction from a silent predator that can rapidly decimate an entire reef. In this video, students learn about how a starfish is destroying the coral reefs of Vanuatu and how the islanders are adapting.

ADAPTATION: Invasive Carp of Kentucky

Topic(s): Ecosystem Changes, Plants and Animals, National Security, Economic Impacts, Climate Impacts, Social Innovation, Adaptation Strategies

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, Informal Education

In this video, an entrepreneur is finding new ways to manage the invasive Asian carp problem in the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Once introduced to help mitigate an algae problem, the carp became invasive. This video highlights how the local community has adapted to the issue, including how they have gained ideas about how to utilize the carp from other cultures to help mitigate the issue.

ADAPTATION: Floating Gardens of Bangladesh

Topic(s): Sea Level Rise, Heavy Precipitation/Floods, Extreme Weather, Availability of Water Resources, National Security, Social Innovation, Adaptation Strategies

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)

This video begins in the lush deltas of Bangladesh. The host of the video learns how communities are adapting to changing monsoons and dangerous sea-level rise. Floating gardens and floating schools are just the start of some of the country's innovative strategies.

Inuit Observations of Climate Change

Topic(s): Measurements and Observations, Ecosystem Changes, Plants and Animals, Economic Impacts, Climate Impacts, Social Innovation

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)

This video features changes in the land, sea, and animals that are being observed by the residents of Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, Canada â many of whom hunt, trap, and fishâbecause of their long-standing and intimate connection with their ecosystem. Scientists interview the residents and record their observations in order to deepen our understanding of climate change in the polar region. Background essay and discussion questions are included.

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