This lesson teaches kids about the earth's orbit around the sun, the Greenhouse Effect, and how to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere.

Kids Will Be Able To:

• explain what the sun is;
• explain the rotation and revolution of the earth around the sun;
• explain what our atmosphere is and what it does; and
• explain how climate change impacts them and the simple steps that they can take to help reduce greenhouse gases.

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Lesson 5: Climate Change and You

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Instructor materials:
Lesson Cards (PDF) (9 pp, 3 MB)

Handouts for students:
Take Home Talk (PDF) (2 pp, 1 MB)

Visuals:

Poster 1 Climatechange (PDF) (2 pp, 705 K)

Poster 2 Climatechange (PDF) (2 pp, 3 MB)

Poster 3 Climatechange (PDF) (2 pp, 1 MB)

Poster 4 Climatechange (PDF) (2 pp, 1 MB)

Poster 5 Climatechange (PDF) (2 pp, 898 K)

Additional Resources:

Instructor Resources

• EPA: A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change
• Global Change Research Program: Climate Change Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit—Polar/Subpolar Region

Kids' Activities / Coloring Sheets

• EPA: Trash and Climate Change Activity Book (PDF) (11pp, 379K)

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