Climate Models and Uncertainty Educator Guide
https://climate.mit.edu/til-about-uncertainty-educator%20guide
https://climate.mit.edu/til-about-uncertainty-educator%20guide
Environmental Solutions Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This learning activity takes five to eight 45min class periods
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Grade Level
Online Readiness
Topics
Climate Literacy
This Activity builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.
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Teaching Tips
- Teachers may want to consider using parts of this lesson and incorporate those into other climate-focused lessons.
- The game is fun so teachers may want to consider using that separately from the other activities. It is a stand-alone activity which has been reviewed by CLEAN https://cleanet.org/resources/56001.html
- If the teacher wanted to make the lesson more engaging they would need to include discussion (small group and classroom) in addition to the reading and the worksheets.
- The resource provides discussion-based questions for students. Educators may need to find answers to the questions prior to the activities. This indicates that the prep time for educators will vary on their familiarity with the subject.
About the Content
- Students will learn about climate adaptation measures for coastal cities, read about Representative Concentration Pathways from the IPCC, and investigate the language used to determine uncertainty in climate models.
- Lots of graphing included.
- IPCC AR5, NOAA and MIT resources are included.
- Comments from expert scientist: This resource was fantastic. It was sourced by MIT and provided scientific information mainly from the IPCC report. The podcast featured a MIT professor, which provided up to date, accurate information in a simplistic way for the audience. All citations were provided where necessary. I do not have any scientific concerns with this source.
About the Pedagogy
- The lesson starts off with a podcast, then a game, then reading, and worksheets. Activities may be used as separate stand-alone activities or in sequence.
- This is a well-organized activity with a comprehensive teacher's guide.
- The lesson plan includes NGSS alignment. The packet includes both teacher and student materials. A classroom implementation guide is included.
Technical Details/Ease of Use
- There is teacher prep work required. There is a lot of information to go through, including the setup of a game.
- The game portion of this activity may require materials not already found in a classroom.
Related URLs These related sites were noted by our reviewers but have not been reviewed by CLEAN
- Link to game activity https://cleanet.org/resources/56001.html
- Link to more MIT Climate Educator Activities https://climate.mit.edu/tilclimate-guides-educators
