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Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean
CIRCE has developed new, more powerful, models to analyze data and describe possible scenarios of climate change in the Mediterranean region. CIRCE researchers have then used these scenarios to evaluate impacts of climate change in...
Type:Video
Topic:Ecosystems, Social Justice
Subject:Geography, Technology and Skilled Trades, Environmental Science
Level:Secondary
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KYOTO Protocol
This link connects to a PDF from the United Nations explaining the details of the KYOTO protocol which the United Nations created in 1998 to take note of and combat climate change.
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Social Justice, Sustainable Development
Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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Local Solutions on a Sinking Paradise
In December 2008, the low-lying Carterets Islands were badly damaged by king tides and violent storm surges. Nicholas Hakata, a local youth leader and community representative, explains that he and his family have been surviving on...
Type:Video
Topic:Social Justice, Water Issues
Subject:Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
Level:Secondary
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Making Global Connections
This enjoyable and lively activity encourages the development of lateral and creative thinking skills, and heightens students' sensitivity to potential connections between disparate phenomena. Such skills and awareness are...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Globalization, Social Justice, Sustainable Development
Subject:Social Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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MDG Bingo!
This variation on Bingo allows students to apply research skills and build knowledge of the interconnected issues underlying Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Using principles of peer education, students share their research with...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Social Justice
Subject:Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 6 7 8 9
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Our Climate, Our Future
This video is a compilation made from a series of video outputs of projects by Plan in partnership with IDS investigating the use of Participatory Video for working with children on climate change adaptation and disaster risk...
Type:Video
Topic:Food and Agriculture, Social Justice, Water Issues
Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Global Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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Pope Francis Encyclical
This is the full text of the much publicized Encyclical of Pope Francis that addresses climate change and human responsibility. From E.O. Wilson: The reason Francis is so influential, Wilson said, is that “he...
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Social Justice
Subject:English / Language Arts, Civics & Citizenship, Economics, History and Social Science, Social Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 8 9 10 11
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Shopping Heats Up
Shopping Heats Up is Lesson 8 from "Climate Change: Connections & Solutions" for grades 9 to 12. In this simulation, students experience how resources are distributed and used by different people based on access to...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Business and Economics, Social Justice, Solutions
Subject:Mathematics, Geography, Health & Wellbeing, Social Studies, Global Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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Surface Area & Volume: Sustainable Design
Surface Area & Volume: Sustainable Design is Lesson 12 from "Real World Math". In this lesson, students analyze the characteristics of sustainably designed items. In a real-world application exercise, students calculate...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Social Justice, Solutions, Sustainable Development
Subject:Mathematics, Geography, Economics, Social Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Sustainability Frontiers Workshops
Sustainability Frontiers provide information and workshops. It operates in the UK and Canada. They also offer a Summer program and in Canada it is offered in Halifax.
Type:Research
Topic:Globalization, Social Justice, Sustainable Development
Subject:Interdisciplinary Studies, Global Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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