The Climate Change Reality
The Climate Reality – A Video Project
Background
Though the vast majority of scientists around the world agree that climate change is a reality and the primary causes are the result of human behaviour, there are still those among us that deny the reality. Climate change deniers like President Trump and former Prime Minister Stephen Harper believe that the changes we are seeing are natural and cyclic. They also believe that the scientists that study climate are wrong.
Your task is to present 1 – 2 climate realities per person and debunk the misinformation spread by climate change skeptics. There are resources below to help you with the evidence you need to counter a skeptic’s arguments.
You will present your case in a short video (about 1 – 3 minutes) for each climate reality. The video can be sent directly to me or via YouTube. In your video you must include the following:
1) State what the objection/denial/argument against climate change is
2) State what their data is that goes against the climate change reality
3) State what the actual climate change reality is
4) Give your evidence what it is actually a reality and why their argument is flawed. You will need 3 pieces of evidence for this.
Use the guiding questions below to help you plan your arguments.
Planning Page
1) What the objection/denial/argument against climate change?
2) What data is used that goes against the climate change reality?
3) What the actual climate change reality is.
4) Evidence for what the reality is and why their argument is flawed. My three pieces of evidence are:
a)
website source:
b)
website source:
c)
website source:
Resources
https://climate.nasa.gov/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-to-say-to-a-climate-change-skeptic/
https://grist.org/series/skeptics/?utm_source=syndication
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-change-arguments-20170818-htmlstory.html
Download the file below for handout and rubric for this project.
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