In this activity, students will design a scientific survey on climate change opinions, collect data, and write a report based on their statistical analysis.
Students will learn about different types of questions and ways to collect unbiased information.
Teaching Tips
Positives
The teacher's guide provides information on how to help students create an effective survey.
Students will gain skills in analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and writing reports.
This activity will help students to understand the important role of research, analysis, and communication.
Additional Prerequisites
The student worksheet can be printed or used digitally.
Students should have a basic understanding of climate change to be able to design the survey.
Differentiation
In social studies classes, students could discuss the results of their surveys and analyze whether the results accurately represent the community's opinions on climate change.
In statistics classes, students could present the survey results using pie charts or bar graphs.
Students could work in groups to come up with different solutions to stop climate change based on the views presented in the survey results.
The resource provides a guide for conducting a climate survey and eliciting people's perspectives on climate change. This is recommended for teaching.
Standards
Mathematics
Data Reasoning (K-8)
6.DR.A.1 Formulate and recognize statistical investigative questions as those that anticipate changes in descriptive data related to the question and account for it in the answers.
7.DR.A.1 Formulate summary, comparative investigative questions to gain information about a population and that a sample is valid only if the sample is representative of that population.
Social Sciences
Social Science Analysis (K-12)
8.36 Construct explanations using reasoning, correct sequence, examples, and details with relevant information and data while acknowledging the strengths and weaknesses of the explanations.
