This document outlines a classroom lesson plan on climate change that includes: reviewing factors that affect climate and how they influence climate; a video and writing activity on the causes and effects of climate change; a crossword puzzle activity; analyzing what students already know about climate change and its key causes; defining climate change and the main factor in rising global temperatures as increased greenhouse gases from human activities like burning fossil fuels; demonstrating the relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature; discussing global impacts of climate change; and a group activity and evaluation questions.

1. CLIMATE CHANGE
SCIENCE 9
3RD QUARTER

2. CLASSROOM RULES
• MINIMIZE YOUR VOICE DURING CLASS DISCUSSIONS.
• DO NOT ANSWER IN CHORUS.
• TAKE DOWN NOTES.
• LISTEN TO THE LESSON PROPER.

3. REVIEW
WHAT ARE THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE CLIMATE?
HOW DO THESE FACTORS AFFECT THE CLIMATE?

5. • WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE PICTURE?
• WHAT TYPE OF CLIMATE IS IN THE PICTURE?
• BETWEEN THE TWO WHERE DO YOU WANT TO
LIVE?

6. ACTIVITY 1 (THINK, PAIR & SHARE)
VIDEO PRESENTATION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=G4H1N_YXBIA
Five minutes to write freely in response to
the video presentation on the causes and
effect of climate change and the main factor
why global temperature increase.

8. ACTIVITY 2: CROSSWORD PUZZLE

9. ANALYSIS
• WHAT DID YOU KNOW ALREADY ABOUT CLIMATE
CHANGE?
• WHAT IS THE MAIN FACTOR WHY GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
INCREASE?

10. WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?
• A CHANGE IN THE USUAL WEATHER FOUND IN A PLACE
THIS COULD BE A CHANGE IN HOW MUCH RAIN A PLACE
USUALLY GETS IN A YEAR. OR IT COULD BE A CHANGE IN A PLACE'S
USUAL TEMPERATURE FOR A MONTH OR SEASON.
• A CHANGE IN EARTH’S CLIMATE
THIS COULD BE A CHANGE IN EARTH’S USUAL TEMPERATURE.
OR IT COULD BE A CHANGE IN WHERE RAIN AND SNOW USUALLY
FALL ON EARTH.

11. WHAT IS THE MAIN FACTOR IN THE INCREASE OF
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE?
• GLOBAL WARMING OCCURS WHEN CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) AND OTHER
AIR POLLUTANTS COLLECT IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND ABSORB SUNLIGHT
AND SOLAR RADIATION THAT HAVE BOUNCED OFF THE EARTH’S SURFACE.
• THESE HEAT-TRAPPING POLLUTANTS—SPECIFICALLY CARBON DIOXIDE,
METHANE, NITROUS OXIDE, WATER VAPOR, AND SYNTHETIC FLUORINATED
GASES—ARE KNOWN AS GREENHOUSE GASES, AND THEIR IMPACT IS
CALLED THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT. THOUGH NATURAL CYCLES AND
FLUCTUATIONS HAVE CAUSED THE EARTH’S CLIMATE TO CHANGE
SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 800,000 YEARS, OUR CURRENT ERA OF
GLOBAL WARMING IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY
SPECIFICALLY TO OUR BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS SUCH AS COAL, OIL,
GASOLINE, AND NATURAL GAS, WHICH RESULTS IN THE GREENHOUSE

12. WHAT IS THE MAIN FACTOR IN THE INCREASE OF
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE?

13. RELATIONSHIP OF CARBON DIOXIDE AND
TEMPERATURE

14. GLOBAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

15. APPLICATION (BY GROUP)
DIVIDE THE CLASS INTO 5 GROUPS
BRAINSTORM
GROUP 1 – PIC 1
GROUP 2 – PIC 2
GROUP 3 – PIC 3
GROUP 4 – PIC 4
GROUP 5 – PIC 5

16. WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THIS GLOBAL
PHENOMENON?

17. EVALUATION
MULTIPLE CHOICES. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT
ANSWER.
1. IT IS A CHANGE IN THE USUAL WEATHER FOUND IN A PLACE OR
IT COULD BE
A CHANGE IN A PLACE'S USUAL TEMPERATURE FOR A MONTH OR
SEASON.
a. CLIMATE CHANGE
b. WEATHER
c. CLIMATE

18. 2. IT OCCURS WHEN CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) AND OTHER AIR
POLLUTANTS COLLECT IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND ABSORB SUNLIGHT
AND SOLAR RADIATION THAT HAVE BOUNCED OFF THE EARTH’S
SURFACE.
A. CLIMATE CHANGE
B. GLOBAL WARMING
C. C. WEATHER
3. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE EXCEPT
ONE.
A.VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
B. HEALTH RISK
C.MELTING OF GLACIERS

19. 4. CAN CHANGE IN JUST A FEW HOURS. TAKES HUNDREDS OR
EVEN MILLIONS OF YEARS TO CHANGE.
A. WEATHER AND CLIMATE
B. RAIN AND TYPHOON
C. TEMPERATURE AND CARBON DIOXIDE
5. THESE HEAT-TRAPPING POLLUTANTS—SPECIFICALLY CARBON
DIOXIDE, METHANE, NITROUS OXIDE, WATER VAPOR, AND
SYNTHETIC FLUORINATED GASES ARE KNOWN AS .
A. CLIMATE
B. WEATHER
C. GREENHOUSE GASES

20. ASSIGNMENT
• READ IN ADVANCE “CONSTELLATIONS”

21. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
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