Climate Impacts & Inequality

Students investigate how physical and social factors combine to create unequal heat exposure across cities, using maps and hand-on exploration with thermometers to analyze heat. 
Duration: 120 minutes

This activity brings climate change to students through story. This approach serves to build empathy and emotional responses rather than getting mired down in the scientific or political debates.
Duration: 1-2 hours

This lesson introduces students to the global food system and its climate and social impacts, challenging students to envision and design a more sustainable alternative.
Duration: Multi-class period Activity

This activity guides students through three mapping exercises where they will learn how to use ArcGIS tools to visualize climatic changes and potential for mitigation solutions.
Duration: 3 hours

Students will explore the relationship between urban expansion and increased environmental hazard risk. 
Duration: 120 minutes