1. CLIMATE ACTION
PROJECT
Lycée Raoul Dautry - France

3. What is the project about?
◦ Four Weeks of Learning and Sharing
◦ EXPLORATION
◦ CAUSES
◦ EFFECTS
◦ SOLUTIONS
◦ ACTION!
◦ What is Climate? What is causing Climate Change? What are the effects of climate
change? Are they the same locally as globally? What are potential solutions? Students
try to create prototypes Students take Action and have live Interactions with global
peers.

4. Exploration of the causes
◦ Objectives for this week: Understand the difference between climate and weather Explore how
weather and climate can be measured Draw a conclusion on whether the Earth’s climate is
changing Determine if human activity is causing climate change.
◦ What is causing climage change?
◦ Is it the same locally and globally?
Activity #1: let’s define weather/climate/ climate change.
◦ 1st step: Brainstorming (in groups), using this Padlet. 15 minutes.
◦ Define:
◦ weather,
◦ Climate
◦ climate change.
◦ 2nd step: Exchanging (as a class). Link to Nasa. website, Generation Genius.

5. Activity #2 – Is the Earth’s Climate Changing?
◦ Develop a hypothesis/prediction: choose one of the two following hypotheses :
• The Earth’s climate is changing. /• The Earth’s climate is not changing.
◦ Scientists have been recording data on the Earth’s climate since we invented thermometers
other instruments to measure weather. They also have figured out ways to measure what was
the Earth’s atmosphere, temperatures, and precipitation, long before humans were on the
planet.
◦ Explore this source of climate data and note any evidence that supports AND does not
your prediction.

6. Activity #3 – Are Humans Causing Climate Change?
◦ What human activities are most responsible for climate change?
◦ Develop a hypothesis/prediction: choose one of the two following hypotheses:
• Human activity is causing the climate to change /• Human activity is not causing the climate to
climate to change
◦ Research and collect data:
◦ “What would we need to find out to figure out which prediction is correct?”

7. ◦ Research and collect data:
◦ “What would we need to find out to figure out which prediction is correct?”
◦ Check out these websites:
• NASA: Causes of Climate Change
• The Royal Society: The Basics of Climate Change
• UN Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Change

8. ◦ Research to be presented in class and on Padlet.
◦ 1 minute-presentations.
◦ Drawing conclusions & making posters (shared on the same Padlet). Competition (3 best
posters).

9. Bibliography / Web links
◦ General environment Padlet
◦ Climate Action Project website