America's Climate Choices: Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovo-qByx9JQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovo-qByx9JQ&feature=youtu.be
The National Academies
Video length 9:53 minutes.
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Climate Literacy
This Video builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.
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Energy Literacy
This Video builds on the following concepts of Energy Literacy.
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Teaching Tips
- Students could be asked to write a "Personal Perspective" paper in response to the video
- Could use at an intersection of a climate science lesson and social science considerations.
About the Content
- A video summarizing the National Resource Council's report "America's Climate Choices: Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change". Report was published in 2010: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12784
- Comments from expert scientist: This has been a well assembled and highly impactful project.
About the Pedagogy
- The entire report is available for download to accompany the video, called "Informing Effective Decisions Related to Climate Change," sponsored by the NOAA in preparation to Congress.
