Climate Resilience in Your Community Activity Book
Environmental Literacy Program, Nurture Nature Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
This resource is an activity book containing multiple activities for students to learn about climate resilience in engaging ways. Activities can be completed in sequence or activities can be pulled out and done independently.
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It may be helpful to have students go through the workbook in teams so that fewer resources are needed and discussion around activities is increased. Discussing each activity and providing students time to share with each other and the class will help broaden and deepen learning.
The activities within the workbook could be partnered with a field trip or some kind of outing where students could observe their community before completing the activity in the workbook (this would also open awareness of students to their community).
This workbook has different activities for learning about climate resilience. Each activity has a well developed introduction and an activity that works to connect that point in an engaging way. Background materials are high quality, including an introduction to Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This is a long work book that could be used over the course of a few weeks that will be integrated into the lesson of community resilience and planning.
Some activities in this workbook are more scientifically robust than others, but the inclusion of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and environmental justice add very important components to traditional science realms. This is an important resource for younger students to expand their conception of what science is and can do.
Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.
3rd through 8th grade workbook with cross curricular lessons that use science, community, writing, reading and problem solving to connect the community that the student lives in to other communities, and how they can feel connected with climate change. Then there is an action item to get students involved in their communities.
Students engage in larger take-away projects, including interviewing and creating an article, mapping out their city, and connecting the outdoor activities that they like to climate change. There are hands-on activities throughout, with the idea of trying to get engaging lessons out of the workbook.
The activities in this workbook are a good start but their impact could be greatly increased if teachers work to connect students with local resources and information. Going through the exercises listed could be valuable if teachers truly guide students along and allow for sharing and interaction each step of the way.
This is straightforward and should be easy to use, as long as teachers have a way for all students to engage with the workbook.
Ready to go workbook with instructions for each activity.
Activity duration will vary depending on which activities teachers ask students to do. It can be done over multiple sessions.
