Climate Change - Adaptation and Mitigation - Greta Thunberg
Unit Question - What value systems are impacting the causes and approaches to resolving energy use and climate change?
COULD I modify this unit to be some Action oriented unit? Do the daily content, but have students work toward some bigger group project. Focus on Sustainability and the UN Goals?
Does this unit become - Energy, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development?
Carbon Footprint calculator?? Biocapacity vs ecofootprint. - need to add this in to the Carbon Lesson - OR start of the unit.
Guiding Question:
To what extent has climate change occurred due to anthropogenic causes? (6.2)
How do differing perspectives play a role in responding to the challenges of climate change? (6.2)
To what extent can energy consumption be equitable across the world? (7.2)
ADD?? - Another hands on day or experiment? Kill-0-watt? Solar charger and use rates? Battery storage?
Internal Assessments are due
HOMEWORK - Notes for 7.1 through 7.3
Lesson 1 - How is energy made useful? (7.1) - Feb 7, 10 (see Utilities lesson to fit in here too)
Utilities Visit Guest Lesson - Feb 11 and 12 - Lesson X - Local Changes in Energy Use - Case Study (7.3)
Lesson 2 - Power Use (NOVA vid) Sub Lesson if needed (7.1) - Feb SKIP??
Lesson 3 - Sources of Energy (7.1) - Feb 13, 14
Lesson 4 - Sustainability - Global Comparison (7.2) - Feb 18, 19
Lesson 5 - Carbon and Climate Change (7.2) - Feb 20, 21
Lesson 6 - The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change (7.2) - Feb 24, 25 (possible sub lesson - student guided)
Lesson 7 - Effects of Climate Change (7.3) - Feb 26, 27 (presentation day below)
ADD - Tipping Points to this lesson - possibly as a topic or link to many presentations. (1.2.12)
Lesson 8 - Mitigation and Adaptation for Climate Change (7.3) - Feb 28, Mar 3
Lesson 9a - Climate Action Plan of Fort Collins (7.3) - Mar 4, 5 (students present lesson 7 and 8 here)
Lesson 10 - TEST - Mar 6, 7 (Use at the end of quarter exam)
Check Reading Notes
Lesson 9b - Climate Action Plan of Fort Collins (7.3) - Mar 10, 11 (Have students look into personal mitigation strategies and bigger climate actions)
Where are we now? (video option - Have we made progress on climate change? - first 5 min only)
Extra - could use this as a case study idea
Lesson 11 - Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Solution - Clean Cook Stoves (7.3) - SKIP
ADD - Essay style question here - Like Paper 2 part B.
Lesson X - Case Study of Change - Craig Colorado. Good overview article that represents ess.
Craig vs Hayden. Power plant conversion to biomass. Need more info on this.
Extra lesson
Vernier experiment - if time?? Lots of steps - need temp probes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1opVpdqP3FjDYfKdw7a3eoFUtXDimsm50I4NjTqhB8Aw/edit?usp=sharing