Helping students deal with climate anxiety through science and action!

PURPOSE

This series of lesson plans has been designed by teachers to help students deal with the “climate anxiety” that so many of them are feeling. Each lesson has been rigorously tested and modified in grade five and six classrooms in several different schools.

DETAILS

These lesson plans are well-structured to make them easy to use. You are most welcome to modify them in any way to fit your students better. The grade six lessons are identical to the grade five lessons except for the learning outcomes. All outcomes are from the 2023 Alberta Science Curriculum. All internet links are embedded in the lesson plans.

GRADE LEVELS

5-6

TIME NEEDED

6 lessons over multiple days/weeks

Curriculum LINKS

Grade 5, Science

Earth Systems - How can climate and its effects be understood?

Energy - How are energy resources understood?

Grade 6, Science

Earth Systems - What relationships exist between climate and changes on Earth?

Earth Systems - In what ways are ecosystems complex?

MATERIALS NEEDED

PDF Lesson Plans (download below)

Projector to show web browser

Sticky notes, pencils, whiteboard, markers

My Action Plan (download below)

Climate Change Anxiety Rubric (download below)

Instructions

To lead the Climate and Anxiety lesson with your class please download the PDF lesson plans for step-by-step instructions, Climate Change Anxiety Rubric, and My Action Plan.

Climate Change Anxiety Rubric

My Action Plan

More Bring Nature Home for Teachers

Bring Nature Home is our online database of tried-and-tested CPAWS Southern Alberta activities! Here are some ways that you can bring nature home (or to the classroom) today!