Communicating Climate 2: Literary Representations of Climate Change

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This activity explores how the topic of climate change is represented in various forms of writing, from scholarly articles to opinion pieces and works of fiction. While the content does not emphasize climate science itself, it instead allows students to focus on how the science is being portrayed.

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Authors: InTeGrate, SERC, Jennifer Hanselman (Westfield State University), Jennifer Silko (Pennsylvania State University), Laura Wright (Western Carolina University), Rick Oches (Bentley University)

Communicating Climate 1: The Science of Climate Change

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In this activity, students use climate data to develop a simple graph of how climate has changed over time and then present the result in a blog, emphasizing effective science communication.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: InTeGrate, SERC, Jennifer Hanselman (Westfield State University), Jennifer Silko (Pennsylvania State University), Laura Wright (Western Carolina University), Rick Oches (Bentley University)