Extreme Heat and Community Health

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• Teaching Tips
  More information on extreme heat and community health is available on the CDC website, including a wide range of teaching tools, content pdfs, and related videos. This short video clip is part of a longer video series titled [link https://cleanet.org/resources/57227.html 'How Climate Effects Community Health.'] There is a link to the CDC collection and resources, which offers a wide range of teaching tools, content pdfs, and related videos.
• About the Science
  The video lists the most at-risk populations, but also notes that anyone can be vulnerable to extreme heat events. The video clip also includes information on how communities can prepare for extreme heat and mitigate its effects. Comments from expert scientist: This resource is a very basic overview of how heat affects humans.
• About the Pedagogy
  The video clip is a short and engaging animation to be used a part of a lesson or discussion on extreme heat and climate change. The CDC website has more resources to explore on this topic, including information on the Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Framework.
• Technical Details/Ease of Use
  Video length is 0:43 min