I am truly looking forward to hearing what questions students have about climate change so I am hesitant to lay out a full plan without their guidance.   However, based on conversations that we had at the end of this school year, I think two possible areas that may be starting points are understanding: 1) how climate change affects the availability of clean water in Sudan and 2) how climate change has impacted horseshoe crabs. 

Based on a text that one class read this year, they became very interested in the water crisis in Sudan and organized a bake sale to donate funds. They may want to explore how human driven climate change has impacted that crisis. To take it a step further, given that we all share the same water globally, there might be an opportunity to think through how our actions here impact outcomes there. Are there extended periods of drought? Are temperatures rising there? How does carbon impact these shifts? How do our actions lead to increased carbon in the air, water and atmosphere?

Another class became interested in horseshoe crabs. Are there increased carbon levels in the waters were the horseshoe crabs live? How might that affect them? How can we increase or decrease carbon levels in our region through individual actions?

The Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle graphic from PBS does a great job of show the carbon cycle and the game is a nice way to understand the cycle using a kinetic learning approach. As we are an arts-integrated school, it might be fun to incorporate dance moves into the game.