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Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!
Climate Change Survey
Provided by: ClimateScience |Published on: April 27, 2021
Lesson Plans Grades 6-8
Synopsis
- In this activity, students will design a scientific survey on climate change opinions, collect data, and write a report based on their statistical analysis.
- Students will learn about different types of questions and ways to collect unbiased information.
Subjects: Social Studies, Mathematics
Authors: ClimateScience
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The teacher's guide provides information on how to help students create an effective survey.
- Students will gain skills in analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and writing reports.
- This activity will help students to understand the important role of research, analysis, and communication.
Additional Prerequisites
- The student worksheet can be printed or used digitally.
- Students should have a basic understanding of climate change to be able to design the survey.
Differentiation
- In social studies classes, students could discuss the results of their surveys and analyze whether the results accurately represent the community's opinions on climate change.
- In statistics classes, students could present the survey results using pie charts or bar graphs.
- Students could work in groups to come up with different solutions to stop climate change based on the views presented in the survey results.
- For robust data on climate change opinions in the United States, check out these resources from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
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