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This lesson introduces students to climate resilience by emphasizing that everyone has a role to play in helping others during weather emergencies. The lesson starts by activating students' thinking about the weather, and how different kinds of weather can both positively and negatively impact our daily lives. Students then consider which people in their community might face greater challenges during weather emergencies, looking at how unfairness in society might be the cause of the increased challenges some people face. At the end, students think about how they and others in their community can help those who've been impacted by an extreme weather event and write a letter thanking local heroes.

In this comprehensive climate change curricula, students will discuss the likelihood that different groups of people will experience the negative impacts of climate change and the factors that contribute to the degree of danger they might face. They will learn specific vocabulary to discuss these topics, and use a case-study of sea-level rise in Alaska to research strategies that increase community climate resilience. A role-play activity supports an understanding of how climate change affects individuals and groups differently based on social factors such as income, education, cultural background, and age.

In this comprehensive climate change curricula from EcoRise, students will discuss the likelihood that different groups of people will experience the negative impacts of climate changes (risk) and the factors that contribute to the degree of danger they might face (vulnerability). A role-play activity supports an understanding of how climate change affects individuals and groups differently based on social factors such as income, education, cultural background, and age.

In this activity, students evaluate climate change narratives for content and story-telling qualities before creating their own narrative on a severe weather event.

This interactive map allows students to explore current and future projections across a global and regional scale for different variables such as temperature and precipitation.

The unit gives a brief introduction to several natural hazards that impact communities in California; drought, flooding, earthquakes, landslides, and wildfire, and connects the hazards by introducing the concept of cascading hazards.

In this lesson students analyze and interpret global temperature and carbon dioxide data to determine which parts of Earth are experiencing the greatest changes in temperature and carbon dioxide, and then construct a model to explain the phenomenon.

In 2023, much of the US Midwest was abnormally dry, according to official drought monitor figures. In this video farmers describe how they are feeling about the adverse effects of climate change.

Healthy ecosystems can reduce the negative impacts of climate change. For instance, coastal habitats like mangroves provide natural flood defenses, well-protected lakes retain water sources during droughts, and healthy forests reduce the risk of devastating wildfires.

Taking into account rising sea levels and severe weather events, a non-profit research group assessed the flood danger to infrastructure in the US over the next thirty years.