Climate Justice and Equity Student Lab
Provided by: The Climate Initiative|Published on: October 9, 2023|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Articles/Websites
Subjects: Science, Civics, Geography
Authors: The Climate Initiative
Location: Earth, North America, North America > United States, North America > United States > Maine
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Synopsis
- This interactive learning module provides several opportunities for students to learn about the concept of equity as it relates to climate change.
- Many educational sources regarding climate justice are included.
- Students can explore a variety of linked resources, learn from guided information with images and videos, and view maps and graphs.
- A comprehensive Learning Lab (teacher guide) including six lessons can be used with this student lab to create an entire climate justice and equity unit for your classroom.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Much of the information is presented as an engaging Bitmoji classroom.
- With several items to click on and learn from, teachers will easily be able to assign the lab to individuals or for small groups.
- Students can learn what actions they can take, as individuals, to help slow the negative effects of climate change.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers may wish to have an initial class discussion about the definitions of climate justice and equity.
- Teachers and/or students need Internet access and devices to use this resource on their own.
- A clickable article about climate anxiety and a video depicting fish that died from a red tide event may be better suited for older learners.
Differentiation
- In language arts classes, connections can be made to units about social justice.
- Connections can also be made in social studies classes when students study geography, especially when learning about reasons for immigration and emigration.
- This learning lab can be utilized for a cross-curriculum unit on social inequity and its effect on the environment.
- There is enough information for a class of students to work on individual or small-group research projects and then present their findings to the class.
- As an extension, students are invited to submit personal climate change narratives to the organization.
- Biology classes can use portions of this learning lab to support lessons about population dynamics and human migrations due to climate change.
This resource has multiple interactive activities that each have many resources to teach students about different climate justice topics. Initially, students will learn what climate justice is, and about inequality in our world. Afterwards, students will learn about a variety of climate equity topics from urban heat islands, to the fashion industry, and others. Resources vary from videos to articles and podcasts. This is a great page for students to get introduced to climate justice and equity. All resources have been assessed. The information presented is accurate and this resource is recommended for teaching.
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