Christa Delaney has been a public educator in New Jersey for twenty years. Christa teaches AP Environmental Science . Christa lives and works in South Jersey . When Christa is not in the classroom , she enjoys spending time with her family on the beach.
This lesson focuses on how climate change impacts agriculture. Students focus on how heat extremes and changes in precipitation will affect crop yields.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch videos showing how climate change will impact agriculture. Students create a hypothesis that states how high heat and increased amounts of water might affect the germination of seeds.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students set up an experiment within the classroom and then observe their crops for a set amount of weeks, collecting data on their data sheets.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students write a conclusion showing the results of the data they collected and make a comparison between their experiment and climate change.
In this lesson, students think critically about carbon emission reduction strategies proposed by companies.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students define greenwashing and define carbon emission reduction strategies.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students evaluate a company’s sustainability plan in regards to carbon emission reductions.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students present their findings to the class. As a class, students generate a list of which companies will and will not receive support from the students in the future.
In this lesson, students learn about climate change, choose one impact of climate change affecting New Jersey, and write a claim-evidence-reasoning paragraph explaining why they believe it is the worst impact of climate change in New Jersey.
Inquire: Students watch a video on the basics of climate change.
Investigate: Students take notes while watching four videos on the impacts of climate change in New Jersey.
Inspire: Students select one of the impacts of climate change in New Jersey and write a paragraph explaining why they believe it is the worst impact of climate change.
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Subject Earth and Space Sciences,English Language Arts
In this lesson, students explore the impact of environmental changes on an organism's allele frequency.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students watch a video on peppered moths and identify vocabulary related to allele frequency.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students play a game to understand allele frequency changes that can occur in species impacted by changing environments.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students explore how climate change is impacting native Arctic communities and complete a project describing how climate change is impacting animals in the Arctic.
In this lesson, students use multiplication to understand the problem of single-use plastics and how they impact climate change.
Step 1 - Inquire: Students describe a photo, wonder about the origin of the plastic waste they see, and identify their feelings surrounding plastic pollution.
Step 2 - Investigate: Students complete multi-step math problems about single-use plastic water bottles, and learn about the connection between disposable plastics, pollution, and climate change.
Step 3 - Inspire: Students complete multiplication problems that show how small positive actions can have a big impact, brainstorm about the use of disposable plastics in their school, home, or community, and write a letter to persuade someone to take action to reduce the use of plastic.
In this activity, students will use multiplication skills to determine how many water bottles might be used by a group during a certain period of time. This activity can be used as part of a broader study on plastics and climate change. Students can learn about plastic waste, plastic production, and more.
Students learn about carbon emissions and form an opinion on the best way to reduce carbon emissions related to transportation in their community.
Inquire: Students explore how carbon emissions have changed over time.
Investigate: Students interview a familiar person to see what mode of transportation they use to move around their local area.
Inspire: Students take what they have learned about carbon emissions and transportation and create an opinion piece on the best type of transportation for their community.
Students create and present an informational poster on the method of green transportation that they think is best for their community and the environment.
Inquire: Students analyze an informational poster, identifying the central idea and key details.
Investigate: Students create an informational poster on a method of green transportation that showcases the data from the pie charts they created in the previous lesson.
Inspire: Students present their informational poster to an audience.
Students learn how the spread of invasive species, driven by climate change, affects biodiversity. Using spotted lanternflies as an example, students discuss solutions to invasive species.
Inquire: Students are introduced to the concept of invasive species.
Investigate: Students analyze the effects of spotted lanternflies on a community and discuss the effects of climate change on invasive species.
Inspire: Students consider solutions to address invasive species and make infographics about spotted lanternflies.
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