Aidan has a Public Service Announcement on this topic. Aidan D
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The Chasingice.com website has important information on the Learn tab. Check out the trailer of the movie, too.
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Take Part has petitions and pledges about a variety of issues that students can learn about and sign.
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Here's a review of Barbara Kingsolver's book, Flight Behavior.
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Some related lesson plans from Read Think Write:
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A study says that climate change will outrun evolution
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ask questions that have caused the rise in temperatures (question what's causing the rise)
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understand and critique evidence
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combine with persuasive essay (include skeptics side in essay)s
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use data from Science class experiments
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Parent Council funding?
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CBS talked to forest fire expert during those recent fires who support global warming probability
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Science class
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and look at possible solutions for their problem (local or global) and follow through
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letter, commercial, write to congressman, take action page, help solar cell research
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story of stuff
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poss. 3 week unit
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We could talk about how to evaluate websites. One place for this is RADCAB.
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Science
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English
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1
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Presentation of Problem
- Real-life example of how climates and people living within those climates are affected by warming
Receive notebooks
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More information and perspective
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2
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Background Research – use notebooks
RADCAM
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Background Research – use notebooks
RADCAM
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3
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Background Research
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The Skeptics
Cartoons—purpose
- Create your own climate change/global warming cartoon based on a fact found in background research
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4
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Background Research
Work on cartoons if research is finished
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The Solution: Persuade others that these problems are caused by warming and that humans can alter behaviors to change warming
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5
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Collecting evidence to support solution
- Current research—collecting evidence from other sources
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Persuasive Writing
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6
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Collecting evidence
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Persuasive Writing
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7
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Collecting evidence
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Persuasive Writing
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8
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Collecting evidence
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Persuasive Writing
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9
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Wrap up experiments
Work on persuasive writing
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Persuasive Writing
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10
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Communicating results in persuasive essay
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Persuasive Writing
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Persuading Others
- Publish writing in order to communicate with others
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Persuading Others
- Publish writing in order to communicate with others
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12
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Persuading Others
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Persuading Others
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Another way of looking at the unit:
They are all consultants. The government wants to know what to do about the Climate Change issue. Students take a position (we should do something and, then, what we should do specifically, for example). Students should research the options (doing something, not doing anything, etc.) and be able to back up their recommendations with evidence. Things to consider: costs involved (doing nothing, making various changes...); causes of climate change (check their carbon footprint, for example); effects of climate change (on the Great Lakes, on the atmosphere, on coastal cities, etc.). Beyond their recommendation, they should include what they could do in their own lives. Be specific.
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