Why Climate Change Makes Extreme Weather Worse
Provided by: Our Changing Climate|Published on: July 27, 2021
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Videos
Subjects: Physics
Authors: Our Changing Climate
Region: United States, Global
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- This video from Our Changing Climate discusses the reasons for and the evidence of more extreme weather events due to climate change.
- Students will learn about the need for a proactive approach to this issue, which will include mitigation and adaptation strategies and efforts.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This video connects the dots between climate change and the increase in extreme weather events, with a focus on changes to the water cycle.
Prerequisites
- The video begins with a commercial.
- Students should be familiar with bar graphs and line graphs.
- Students should also understand the basics of climate change.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Social studies, civics, and economics can use this video to discuss government policies that encourage the rebuilding of homes in flood-prone areas and the economic costs of these more frequent natural disasters.
- Additionally students can discuss the environmental justice aspects related to extreme weather, discussing the increasing occurrence of climate refugees and their lack of protections. The role-playing activity, No Option Except Escape: A Role Play on the Struggles of Climate Refugees, helps to illustrate this topic.
- Other resources on this topic include this TED-Ed video on the increase in extreme weather events and this video that explains how scientists demonstrate the links between climate change and extreme weather.
Climate change is making the weather more extreme. This resource provides students the knowledge to explore site-specific adaptive, mitigative measures and early warning and response strategies to build resilience to climate change impact. At 2:12 in the video, educators should note a misspelling of the word "precipitation" in the title of the chart. The data in the chart and other figures are accurate, and this resource is recommended for teaching.
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