Earth and Environmental Science · Week 15 · Climate and Extreme Heat
Working in the Heat
Communicating the warning signs of heat illness for farmworkers and athletes and practicing noticing when someone needs help.
- Students will
- Students obtain and communicate the warning signs of heat illness and explain how timing and conditions reduce risk for outdoor workers.
- SEL skill
- Notice signs that someone needs help and offer a clear, kind message
- What it looks like
- Students practice noticing when someone needs help and respond with a clear, kind message.
- Content focus
- Working in the Heat
- Format
- Role play
Social awareness
Social awareness is understanding and empathizing with others, including those from different backgrounds and cultures. 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-ESS3-1: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP8 Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text and summarize them accurately.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
Fits these textbook chapters
- Prentice Hall Earth Science, Chapter 17: The Atmosphere: Structure and Temperature
- Prentice Hall Earth Science, Chapter 21: Climate
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More social awareness activities for Earth and Environmental Science
- Spheres That Interact Social awarenessAnalyzing data on feedbacks among Earth's spheres and seeing how one person's change ripples through a group.
- The Shrinking Salton Sea Social awarenessSimulating the Salton Sea water balance and listening to how shrinking shorelines affect nearby families and wildlife.
- Urban Heat Islands Social awarenessMeasuring surface temperatures around campus and considering who lives and works in the hottest places.
- Feeding the Nation from the Desert Social awarenessArguing how water and climate made the valley a winter vegetable center and honoring the farmworkers who make it happen.
Previous: Urban Heat Islands · Next: Climate Models
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.