MIT Climate Primer: Climate Science
Provided by: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative|Published on: November 12, 2021|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12, AP
Type: Ebooks
Subjects: Chemistry, Earth and Space Sciences, History
Authors: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
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Synopsis
- This resource contains interactive media about the history of climate science, historic measurements of temperature, and gives an introduction to the greenhouse effect.
- Students will be engaged with readings, data, interactive graphs, read-aloud features, animations, and questions to check for understanding.
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Positives
- This resource is engaging, interactive, and applicable to a diversity of learning styles due to the variety of media presented.
- The format is user-friendly and provides a comprehensive overview of climate history and climate science.
Prerequisites
- Students should be at a high school reading level and have a baseline ability to interpret and analyze data.
- Students should be able to interpret data and information on timelines, line charts, diagrams, and maps.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This resource can be used in a history course to connect the chapters on climate history to other events in human history and the history of human civilizations.
- The figures and charts are all downloadable, and there is a PDF version of the entire webpage.
- Additional information is linked at the end of all four sections.
- The read-along feature provides highlighted text as the audio file plays, which may be helpful for some learners.
- Other related resources include Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science and Climate Detectives.
This resource is an interactive webpage that includes text, audio, video, and interactive components that give an excellent overview of the basics of climate science. This is a very well-produced and well-executed webpage that effectively conveys both the basics and the nuance of climate science without overwhelming nor insulting the intelligence of students. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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