This Guide for Educators was developed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative as an extension of our TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) podcast, to make it easier for you to teach climate change, earth science, and energy topics in the classroom. It is an extension of the TILclimate episode "TIL about farming a warmer planet."
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Description
How are farmers affected by climate change? And how do farms affect climate change? Agriculture is at the intersection of many climate impacts. Students investigate plant hardiness zone shifts, and then read case studies about agroecology.
SWBAT:
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Name some impacts of climate change on agriculture.
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Name some impacts of agriculture on climate change.
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Understand the role of agroecology as a solution to agriculture and climate change.
Skills:
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Map-reading
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Understanding and summarizing case studies
Standards:
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HS-ESS3-5 Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models
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HS-ETS1-3 Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem
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HS-LS2-7 Evaluate a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
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RST.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text
Disciplinary core ideas:
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ESS2.D Weather and Climate
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ESS3.A Natural Resources
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ESS3.C Human Impacts on Earth Systems
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ESS3.D Global Climate Change
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LS4.D Biodiversity and Humans
What is included in this Educator Guide
- How to use TILclimate Educator Guides (Download)
- Full Educator Guide (Download)
- Includes both Teacher and Student pages
- Includes both Teacher and Student pages
- Teacher pages (Download)
- Includes materials, discussion questions, background resources, and adaptation suggestions for science, social science, and ELA teachers
- Includes materials, discussion questions, background resources, and adaptation suggestions for science, social science, and ELA teachers
- Student pages (Download)
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Map Analysis: Plant Hardiness Zones
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Case Studies: Agroecology & farming impacts on climate change
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