MIT Climate Primer: Climate Science
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Provided by: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative|Published on: November 12, 2021
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Synopsis
- This resource contains interactive media about the history of climate science, historic measurements of temperature, and gives an introduction to the greenhouse effect.
- Students will be engaged with readings, data, interactive graphs, read-aloud features, animations, and questions to check for understanding.
Subjects: Chemistry, Earth and Space Sciences, History
Authors: MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This resource is engaging, interactive, and applicable to a diversity of learning styles due to the variety of media presented.
- The format is user-friendly and provides a comprehensive overview of climate history and climate science.
Prerequisites
- Students should be at a high school reading level and have a baseline ability to interpret and analyze data.
- Students should be able to interpret data and information on timelines, line charts, diagrams, and maps.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This resource can be used in a history course to connect the chapters on climate history to other events in human history and the history of human civilizations.
- The figures and charts are all downloadable, and there is a PDF version of the entire webpage.
- Additional information is linked at the end of all four sections.
- The read-along feature provides highlighted text as the audio file plays, which may be helpful for some learners.
- Other related resources include Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science and Climate Detectives.
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About the Partner Provider
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Founded in 2014, the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) is MIT’s institute-wide effort to mobilize the substantial scientific, engineering, policy, and design capacity of the MIT community to contribute to addressing climate change and other environmental challenges of global import. ESI pursues multidisciplinary research, education, events, and partnerships to help move society toward an environmentally and socially sustainable future. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts on MIT’s main campus, ESI is powered by a lean staff working closely with students and faculty across the full spectrum of disciplines. Led by architecture professor John E. Fernandez, a leading scholar in the emerging field of urban metabolism, ESI is advised by students, faculty, alumni, and thought leaders from many sectors of society.
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