Climate Change in the Caribbean - Storytelling: Reading and Discussion

Overview

In this activity, students will engage with one or more books, read aloud as a group, and participate in a class discussion. The goal is to reflect on the themes of the stories, including cultural connections to nature, the environment, and community.

Activity Type:

Lesson

Target Grade Level:

K-2, 3-5

Estimated Duration:

45 minutes

Topics:

Caribbean

Possible Connections to NGSS

Performance Expectations

K-2-ETS1-1: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.

2-ESS1-1: Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.

3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.

4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

5-ESS3-1: Combine and obtain information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment.