TILclimate Guides for Educators
Flexible, ready-to-use climate change activities from MIT
The TILclimate guides for educators were developed by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative as an extension of our Ask MIT Climate podcast (formerly TILclimate), to make it easier for you to teach climate change, earth science, and energy topics in the classroom. The short (10-15 minute), science-driven podcast episodes can be used as a substitution for a lecture, a supplemental introduction to a unit, and more. Episodes and the associated educator guides are designed to further student understanding of multiple interlocking aspects of climate change, with a particular focus on solutions.
In each educator guide, you will find a series of activities that can be taught individually or all together, including:
- One or more short introductory activities for group learning (10-25 minutes)
- Data-driven deeper dives using trusted visualization and analysis tools (20-45 minutes)
- Activities that invite students to think about how they would share their learning with family and friends
- Teacher pages that provide setup instructions, discussion questions, background resources, a summary of relevant skills, standards and disciplinary core ideas, and adaptation suggestions for science, social science, and ELA teachers
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