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Climate Change: What's at Stake for New Jersey?
Provided by: Rutgers Climate Institute |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This video from Rutgers Climate Institute is an introduction to the current effects of climate change around the world and in New Jersey.
- Students will learn about the evidence of climate change and the proposed solutions, with a focus on a transition to clean energy.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Civics
Authors: Rutgers Climate Institute
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Global, New Jersey
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- It is a convincing introduction to the causes and effects of the climate crisis.
- It includes interviews from experts alongside visual evidence, including maps and graphs, to support their claims.
Additional Prerequisites
- It is focused on New Jersey but the content can be applied globally.
- The content of the video ends at 2:21 and the remaining time is the credits.
Differentiation
- The video references using temperature records to prove global temperature has increased about two degrees Fahrenheit over the last century. Students can use this Global Temperature resource from NASA to confirm this claim.
- Students can do a quick write on how New Jersey will specifically be impacted by the effects of climate change and steps we can take to decrease our carbon emissions.
- Civics classes can discuss the policies that will be needed to transition to 100% clean energy sources.
- Other resources related to the causes and effects of climate change include Causes and Effects of Global Warming and The Effects of Climate Change.
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