Re-representing a Climate Change Story
Provided by: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication|Published on: April 27, 2021|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Type: Lesson Plans
Subjects: English Language Arts, Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Synopsis
- In this activity, students will choose a 90-second radio story from Yale Climate Connection's extensive library of radio stories and re-tell the story using a different medium.
- Students will learn about the important role that storytelling can play in science communication.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Each radio story includes a transcript, so students can read along with the audio or use the text on its own.
- The Student Page is a fillable pdf that guides students through the activity. It includes links to many radio stories, reflection questions, a rubric, and an example.
- This activity allows students to be creative.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers should use the example found on page 6 of the Student Page to help students understand the activity.
- Teachers may want to set a time limit for how long students can spend choosing a radio story.
Differentiation
- Students could do a showcase of their re-representations of the radio stories for younger students.
- World language classes could adapt this activity so that students re-represent the radio story using both a new medium and a different language.
- Other resources on this topic include this ClimateScience activity on writing and performing a climate change monologue, this SubjectToClimate lesson on reading and writing climate change poetry, and this ClimateScience activity on creating a climate change comic strip.
The resource provides students a chance to learn the basics of storytelling and to have climate conversations with their team. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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