At a climate protest, a student holds up the sign, "There's No Planet B"

Climate Change Public Service Announcement

Overview

Students will write a public service announcement, create a mock-commercial skit, draw a poster, or make a short video highlighting something that they can do to help the earth.

Activity Type:

Lesson

Target Grade Level:

K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Estimated Duration:

Varies

Topics:

Caribbean, Climate 101

Possible Connections to NGSS

Performance Expectations

K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

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.

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.

MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.

HS-ESS3-4: Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.