Unit 5: Taking Action
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Blog: Student Action
Encouraging students to engage in climate action.
Responding to climate change can look different for every individual—from educating peers, to contacting politicians, to going into a climate-focused career. How can you take action to respond to climate change?
Lesson 5.1
Climate Action: Career Plan
Climate change is a big challenge, and we need experts to tackle this challenge. You can be one of those experts. Learn about different careers that contribute to climate solutions and present your ideas to your classmates.
Lesson 5.2
Climate Action: Climate Solutions Presentation
You’ve learned all about climate change challenges and solutions. The Climate Solutions presentation is an opportunity to communicate this information and share what you’ve learned to educate others about climate change.
Lesson 5.3
Climate Action: Policy Analysis and Advocacy
Government policy is essential to supporting the action we need to confront climate change. You’ll identify climate policies that can make an impact and write a letter to a decision-maker to support one of those policies.
Lesson 5.4
Climate Action: Civic Action
Take what you’ve learned about climate change to think about how you can tackle climate change in your own community. You’ll make a plan for and carry out a civic engagement campaign to make an impact against climate change.
Teaching this Unit
Everything you need to know about Unit 5.
Unit 5 Vocab
Key Unit 5 Vocabulary Words.
Blog: Student Action
Encouraging students to engage in climate action.