Climate Change and Biodiversity

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Descrição

This Climate Change and Biodiversity resource is an interactive professional development tool designed for teachers to integrate sustainability education into their science curricula. It guides students through species vulnerability assessments, allowing them to analyse real-world data on how climate change affects ecosystems and species survival. The resource aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core Standards, ensuring relevance in science education. Students explore key environmental concepts such as adaptation, biodiversity loss, and conservation efforts through inquiry-based learning activities. Additionally, it encourages critical thinking and problem-solving, making it an excellent resource for educators seeking to enhance scientific literacy and sustainability citizenship in the classroom.

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Como utilizar este recurso

Introduction: Engage students with a class discussion on climate change and adaptation.

Research Phase: Students explore the case of the Bramble Cay melomys (first mammal lost to human-induced climate change).

Vulnerability Assessment: Students assess species using provided WWF species vulnerability assessments.

Analysis & Conservation Planning: Students discuss biodiversity impacts and suggest adaptation strategies.

Reflection: Students apply learning to their own community and discuss personal climate actions.

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Os recursos

Learning Activity: Climate Change and Biodiversity:

Here is the pdf::

• Learning Activity: Climate Change and Biodiversity

Links to additional supporting information:

• Webpage: Wildlife and Climate Change
• Webpage: Adapting to Climate Change
• Webpage: Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program
• Article: How WWF is Helping Threatened Species Adapt to Climate Change
• Article: Innovative Projects Help At-Risk Species Adapt to Climate Change
• Video: Conservation in the Classroom: Helping Wildlife in a Changing Climate with Dr. Nikhil Advani
• Quiz: Climate Change Kahoot! Course

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Resultados da aprendizagem

• Aplicar uma série de ferramentas e quadros adequados para promover a Cidadania para a Sustentabilidade dos estudantes
• Refletir sobre a prática e examinar os programas curriculares nacionais para identificar oportunidades de promover a Cidadania para a Sustentabilidade de forma interdisciplinar e envolver as partes interessadas externas.
• Sintetizar de forma colaborativa os conhecimentos, as ferramentas e os quadros para criar materiais didácticos e planos de aulas adaptados ao seu próprio contexto local
• Desenvolver e aplicar critérios de avaliação para avaliar a Cidadania para a Sustentabilidade nos alunos.

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Competências verdes

• Incorporar valores sustentáveis: Valuing Sustainability; Promoting Nature
• Abraçar a complexidade na sustentabilidade: Pensamento sistémico; Pensamento crítico
• Perspectivas de futuros sustentáveis: Literacia do futuro; Pensamento exploratório

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Creative Commons

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The Climate Change and Biodiversity resource was created by the World Wildlife Fund and is shared on the Synapses Portal under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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