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Description
The Climate Change Guide provides an overview of climate change, helping students understand its causes, effects, and possible solutions. It explains how greenhouse gases from human activities trap heat and cause rising global temperatures, leading to extreme weather and environmental disruption—especially in Canada, which is warming twice as fast as the global average. The guide addresses common myths about climate change, promotes understanding of the difference between weather and climate, and offers ways to manage climate anxiety through hope and action. It highlights youth leadership through programs and climate activists such as Greta Thunberg and Autumn Peltier. Students are encouraged to take action by conserving energy, reducing waste, eating more plant-based foods, and advocating for change.
The guide includes classroom activities such as energy audits, carbon-footprint calculations, trash-to-art projects, and letter writing, along with discussion ideas and resources to inspire meaningful environmental engagement. It also provides links to additional resources and a sample letter template to help students communicate with local, provincial or federal politicians.
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The Climate Change Curriculum Guide by the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada provides an overview of climate change, helping students understand its causes, effects, and possible solutions. The guide’s accessible and flexible format makes it well-suited for middle years classrooms. As an introductory activity to the resource, students are encouraged to listen to Jane’s primer on talking about climate change.
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- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened by investigating natural systems and their interactions.
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- Citizenship: Understanding local, national, and global issues empowers individual and collective action toward an inclusive society
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- Science 8: Climate Change
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Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
Citizenship (2)
- Ecological Footprint
- General Guide to Taking Action