CITIZEN-SCIENTIST – Skill Level: Three
Activity:
Presenting the Facts & Taking Action
Objective: Research and communicate current data and information on climate change evidence.
Science Skills: Collecting and Interpreting Data
Life Skills: Cooperation, Communication, Responsible Citizenship
The data on Climate Change is changing rapidly. Have youth work in teams to create presentations that are built around current information about any of these evidence-based measures of increasing carbon in our environment:
- Extreme Weather Occurrences
- Ocean Acidity
- Arctic and Antarctic Ice & Permafrost
- “Safe” Carbon Levels
- Sinks and Sources of CO2
- Utilize the links and publications in Explore More and the Internet to gather information.
Activity 2: Taking Action
Objective: Plan and execute a civic engagement project
Science Skills: Hypothesize, Test, Implement Solutions
Life Skill: Communication, Teamwork
What you choose to do to change your carbon footprint or educate others is up to you. It’s up to each one of us and the choices we make. Review information in “Explore More” for action suggestions. Check out the excerpts from the “Public Adventures” curriculum in “Explore More” to help you plan the steps of effective civic engagement.
Finished this Activity?
Explore More
Data on oceans
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder Glacier Database
http://nsidc.org
WA Department of Ecology
http://www.ecy.wa.gov
Western Regional Climate Center
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu
Climate Change Effects in Washington
To order the complete Public Adventures Curriculum
Making a Goal Worksheet (from Public Adventures)