This collaborative activity encourages participants to review a set of "climate statements," discuss common themes between statements, and map these connections visually on a poster board.

Activity Description

Icebreaker "Climate Statements"

Climate Science Background Knowledge

Follow this link to view NOAA's "Ten Signs of a Warming World" poster and website.

Over 300 scientists contributed to this project, and ultimately discerned 10 key indicators that will either increase or decrease as the result of a warming climate.

Poster download | Interactive Slides

Recreate NOAA's "Science on a Sphere" globe and analyze air surface temperature change on your own SSP (Shared Socioeconomic Pathway) paper cut out balls.

Climates scientists, economists, and earth systems modelers have collaborated to build "pathways" that examine how global society, demographics, and economics are projected to change over the next century. These pathways are known as "Shared Socioeconomic Pathways" (SSPs). Follow this link to learn more.

SSP1 "Sustainability - Taking the Green Road" (Low challenges to mitigation and adaptation)

SSP5 "Fossil-fueled Development - Taking the Highway" (High challenges to mitigation, low challenges to adaptation)

Access a complete, free activity book that introduces The Essential Principles of Climate Science, offers insights into our changing climate system, and provides suggestions for exploring, understanding, and protecting the Earth.