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Educator GuideAugust 13, 2021

National Security and Climate Change Educator Guide

TIL about national security: guide for educators
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U.S. Coast Guard via Flickr

 

This Guide for Educators was developed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative as an extension of our TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate) podcast, to make it easier for you to teach climate change, earth science, and energy topics in the classroom. It is an extension of the TILclimate episode "TIL about national security."

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Description

Changes to the climate have had and will have dramatic effects on natural disasters, mass movement, and government stability. The ability of governments, organizations, and leaders to plan for, adapt to, and prevent natural disasters will shape the future.

In this set of activities, high school students model changes in climate and their effects on international relations, investigate local climate impacts and solutions, and observe global climate patterns and adaptations. Lessons may be standalone or done in series.

 

 

SWBAT:
  • Describe the connection between natural disasters, mass migration, and international relations.

  • Describe the connection between human-caused carbon dioxide emissions and global climate change.

  • Describe some methods of adaptation to climate-related risks around the world.

Skills:
  • Map analysis
  • Critical thinking
  • Communication
Standards:
  • HS-ESS3-1 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

  • HS-ESS3-4 Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.

  • HS-ETS1-3 Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria.

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH: History/Social Studies - Integration of knowledge and ideas

Disciplinary core ideas:
  • ESS3.B: Natural Hazards
  • ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
  • ESS3.D: Global Climate Change

 

What is included in this Educator Guide
  1. How to use TILclimate Educator Guides (Download)
     
  2. Teacher pages (Download)
    • Includes materials, discussion questions, background resources, and adaptation suggestions for science, social science, and ELA teachers
       
  3. Student pages (Download)
    • Background reading
    • Mass movement game
    • Local impacts (precipitation and drought map analysis) 
    • Local solutions (adaptation and resilience case studies)
    • Global impacts, global solutions (extreme weather and adaptation research)
 
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