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Climate Change and Global Warming Unit: Lessons, Lab Stations, and Activities
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Transform your ecology lessons with this comprehensive Climate Change and Global Warming Unit, designed for grades 6-8. Bring the realities of global climate change into your classroom with this high‑school unit. Students will learn the science behind global warming, explore real‑world evidence and practice critical‑thinking skills through a mix of lessons, hands‑on labs, digital activities and literacy tasks.

The unit includes 10 resources on climate change and global warming plus a daily teaching schedule so you know what to teach and when.

✅ Multi-format Activities: Labs, scavenger hunts, readings, projects, and quizzes on climate change and greenhouse gases
✅ Student-Centered Learning: Hands-on tasks, research, diagrams, videos, and comprehension questions
✅ Digital & Printable: Google Classroom, Word, and PDF formats with QR-coded activities included
✅ Versatile Use: Perfect for stations, review, projects, or extension activities with rubrics and puzzle


What’s included:

  • Editable lesson slide deck & worksheets covering weather vs. climate, Earth’s energy balance, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, enhanced greenhouse effect, carbon cycle and climate proxies.
  • Seven‑station lab activity where students cycle through tasks requiring them to draw diagrams, research questions, read short passages, analyse videos and create their own questions. Includes recording sheets and optional word puzzles.
  • Device‑based scavenger hunt with QR‑coded videos, simulations, quizzes and word scrambles that reinforce key concepts while getting students moving.
  • Reading‑comprehension article explaining the causes and consequences of climate change with questions that assess knowledge, analysis and application; provided in Google Classroom, Word and PDF formats.
  • Case‑study or project assignment that guides students through an investigation of a specific climate‑change impact (e.g. green sea‑turtle nesting, Adélie penguin habitat loss, urban sprawl). Includes topic choices and a grading rubric.
  • Speed quizzing review featuring 32 flash‑card questions on weather vs. climate, Earth’s energy supply, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, carbon cycle, effects of global warming, historic climate change, climate proxies and what we can doteacherspayteachers.com.

This bundle is fully editable, low‑prep and designed for grades 6-8. Use it over six class periods or adapt individual components to supplement your existing curriculum. Students will finish the unit with a deeper understanding of the science behind climate change and the tools we have to combat it.

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