Drought: Identifying Impacts and Evaluating Solutions Lesson Plan
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Through this set of lessons, students learn about the impacts of water shortages due to drought, make connections to climate patterns, and explore community resiliency solutions. The lessons engage students in evaluating solutions for a particular case study community. Students will need to do additional research on solutions, but by the end of the lesson, students will be able to articulate how drought, although a localized problem, has far-reaching impacts, and to suggest solutions to a problem that is projected to intensify as the climate continues to change.


Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather
Resource Type: Activities
Special Interest: Hazards
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Theme: Teach the Earth:Teaching Topics:Weather, Teach the Earth:Enhancing your Teaching:NGSS, Teach the Earth:Teaching Topics:Water, Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Climate Change, Hazards, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science