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Climate Science Literacy means understanding
how you affect climate and how climate affects you and the society in which you live.
Why is Climate Science Literacy important? Because in the last 100 years, Earth’s average global temperature increased more rapidly than at any other time in the last 10,000 years. In the 21st century, climate scientists expect temperature will continue to increase, probably even more than it did during the 20th century. Increasing global temperature is causing sea level to rise, and heat waves, droughts, and floods to become more frequent and intense. These changes will affect almost every aspect of human society, including economic prosperity, human and environmental health, and national security.
Scientific evidence indicates that human activities are the primary cause of the ongoing global temperature increase. Climate Science Literacy makes it possible for humans to take actions that can reduce climate change and its impacts.
A climate-literate person:• Understands the essential principles of Earth’s climate system;• Knows how to assess scientifically credible information about
climate;• Communicates about climate and climate change in a
meaningful way; and• Is able to make informed and responsible decisions with regard
to actions that may affect climate.
Activity 8: Are You Climate Literate?What You Will Do: Play the Essential Principles Challenge
Home screen from PrinciplesChallenge.pptx file.
What You Will NeedCopies of Essential Principles Challenge
Cards (pages 33 and 34)Glue (spray glue or rubber cement is
best)Scissors(Optional) desk bells or buzzer (see
Step 6)(Optional) Copy of the Essential
Principles Challenge PowerPoint® file (PrinciplesChallenge.ppt) downloaded from [oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/discoverclimate/areyouclimateliterate.ppt]
(Optional ) Computer with Microsoft PowerPoint® installed
(Optional) One or more partners to play the game
Big IdeaA climate-literate person understands the essential principles of Earth’s climate system.
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29Steps to Climate Literacy: A climate-literate person understands the essential principles of Earth’s climate system.
8. Are You Climate Literate?
How It WorksThe Essential Principles Challenge is a game based on “Climate Literacy—The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences,” which can be downloaded from http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/literacy.html. The game can be played with the cards included in this activity, or as a PowerPoint®-based game that is somewhat similar to the television game show “Jeopardy.” If you are familiar with the PowerPoint® program, you can change the question and answer slides to make your own version of the game.
Some of the answers to Challenge questions can be found in this activity book, and all of them can be found in “Climate Literacy – The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences.” Each of the answer cards and slides includes Web addresses where additional information can be found.
How to Do ItTo play the Essential Principles Challenge with the
cards included in this activity:
1. Glue the first two pages of the Essential Principles Challenge Cards back-to-back so that the 10 point “Climate System” question card is exactly behind the 10 point “Climate System” Answer card. Cut the cards apart along the dotted lines.
2. Glue the remaining two pages of the Essential Principles Challenge Cards back-to-back so that the 10 point “Effects of Climate Change” question card is exactly behind the 10 point “Effects of
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Climate Change” Answer card. Cut the cards apart along the dotted lines.
3. Arrange the cards so that the question sides are all facing up. Shuffle the cards.
4. If you are playing alone, read the question printed on each card, and decide on your answer. Look at the Answer side of the card to find out whether you are correct. Each correct answer is worth the number of points indicated on the card. Write down the number of points you earn for each card, and add these numbers when you have looked at all of the cards. Repeat this step to see if you can improve your score.
5. If you are playing with one or two partners, take turns drawing the top card and stating the answer. Use the Answer side of the card to decide whether a player’s statements are correct, and how many points the player receives. When all of the cards have been read, add the points earned by each player to decide a winner.
6. You can also use these cards for a College Bowl type of competition between several players or several teams of players. For this version of the game, one person is the Host, and each player or team has a desk bell or buzzer. To begin the game, the Host reads a Question card and the first player or team to hit their bell or buzzer gets a chance to state the answer. If the answer is correct, the player or teams receives the number of points shown on the card. If the answer is not correct, the team that was second to hit their bell or buzzer gets a chance to answer. If no one provides a
correct answer, no points are awarded and the host moves on to the next card. This process continues until all of the cards have been used. The player or team with the greatest number of points is the winner!
To play the Essential Principles Challenge as a PowerPoint®-based game:
1. Open the PrinciplesChallenge.ppt file in Microsoft PowerPoint®, and select “View Slide Show” from the “Slide Show” drop-down menu.
2. You will see the Home screen, which has three columns labeled “Climate System,” “Causes of Change,” and “Effects of Change.” In each column
there are eight boxes labeled with a certain number of points. When you click on one of these labels, a new screen will appear with a question, a box labeled “ANSWER” in the lower right corner, and another box with a rewind icon in the lower left corner. If you click on the ‘ANSWER” button a new screen will appear with the answer to the question. Clicking on the rewind icon will return to the Home screen. The ANSWER screens also have a rewind icon.
3. Before beginning a game, players should choose one of the following rules for when the game will end:a. When all of the questions have been answered;
ORb. When each player has answered a certain
number of questions from each column: ORc. When a certain amount of time has passed
since the game started.
4. To play the game, players take turns choosing a question from one of the three columns on the Home screen. One player serves as scorekeeper, and records the number of points each player receives for a correct answer. The object of the game is to accumulate the greatest number of points. When the game ends according to the rule agreed upon in Step 3, the scorekeeper adds up the points earned by each player to decide the winner.
Note: Mention of commercial products or trade names does not imply endorsement by NOAA.
A CLIMATE-ORIENTED APPROACH FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES
ClimateLiteracyThe Essential Principles of Climate Sciences
A Guide for Individuals and Communities
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