Lesson 8: Student Actions

Overview

Students define climate change mitigation and adaptation and discuss examples of each. They work in groups to collect information on how climate change impacts biomes, and actions they can take to mitigate and adapt to climate change. They create an informational poster summarizing the information they have collected. 

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

• Define climate change mitigation and adaptation.

• Identify examples of climate change mitigation and adaptation that exist in their own lives and throughout the world.

• Communicate actions they can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change impacts.