Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 28 · Chemistry of Climate Change
Listening Across Viewpoints
Arguing about climate solutions while restating others' viewpoints before responding.
- Students will
- Students construct an evidence based argument about desert solar farms after restating other viewpoints accurately.
- SEL skill
- Restate another viewpoint accurately before responding
- What it looks like
- Students practice effective communication by restating another viewpoint before they respond.
- Content focus
- Listening across viewpoints
- Format
- Structured discussion
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding the perspectives of others and showing empathy, including for people from different backgrounds. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-4: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP7 Engaging in argument from evidence
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are complex and involve many factors
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.6 Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation or describing a procedure.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 11: Global Climate Change
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 6: Human Activity and Earth's Atmosphere
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More social awareness activities for Chemistry in the Earth System
- Clean Air Questions Social awarenessEvaluating information about combustion pollution and considering how air quality affects families differently across the valley.
- Hot Springs of the Desert Social awarenessExplaining the geothermal heating of local hot springs and learning how the Agua Caliente people have valued them for generations.
- Attractions Between Particles Social awarenessInvestigating how intermolecular forces explain boiling points and how small signals shape relationships.
- Salt in the Sea Social awarenessExplaining why ionic salts concentrate as water evaporates from the Salton Sea and considering how nearby residents experience the change.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.