If you’re searching for climate change activities that engage high school students while making complex concepts approachable, you’ve come to the right place. Teaching about climate change is essential, but it can feel overwhelming without the right tools. This comprehensive resource bundle provides everything you need to teach the science behind climate change in an interactive, thought-provoking way.
From hands-on stations to data-driven graphing exercises, these climate change activities will keep your students actively involved while building critical knowledge and skills.
Engage Your Students with This Comprehensive Climate Change Unit!
This Climate Change Unit is perfect for high school classrooms, covering key topics like the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, ocean acidification, and more. Using the 5E instructional model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate), students will investigate the causes and effects of climate change, analyze real data, and examine solutions like reducing carbon footprints. BONUS: Since it is a bundle of lessons – it’s on sale! ????
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Climate Change UnitOriginal price was: $43.46.$29.99Current price is: $29.99.
What’s Included:
- All the climate change activities shown below at one discounted price!
- Topics such as natural and human causes of climate change, albedo effect, sea-level rise, and CER writing.
- Climate change activities designed to encourage critical thinking and empower students to understand this global issue.
- Minimal prep and ready-to-use tools for student-led learning.
By the end of the unit, students will have a well-rounded understanding of climate change and its impacts, along with the skills to think critically about solutions. Perfect for engaging, low-prep lessons! Get a free copy of my climate change unit plan here!
This Unit Includes the following Climate Change Activities at a discounted price!
Climate Change Webquest
This no-prep climate change webquest introduces your students to key climate change topics, including the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, global warming, and the causes and effects of climate change. Through online interactive climate change activities, real climate data, a short video, and an engaging simulation, students will explore and apply their understanding of this critical subject.
No prior knowledge is needed, and the activity is perfect for lessons, reviews, sub plans, or homework. An editable MS Word, PDF, and Google Slides versions are included! Printable handouts come with clear instructions and URLs to ensure students stay on track.
Topics Covered:
- Greenhouse Gases
- Greenhouse Effect
- Global Warming
- Causes and Effects of Climate Change
- Analyzing Climate Data
Your students will find it informative, fun, and easy to follow, and you’ll love the simplicity of an engaging, standards-aligned climate change activity that’s ready to go!
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Climate Change Webquest$6.99
Climate Change Reading COmprehension with CER and Graphing Activities
This all-in-one climate change lesson has everything you need to help students explore the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, human impacts, and the science of climate change. This is one of my best-selling climate change activities! Perfect for 3-5 days of no-prep lessons, this bundle includes:
- Reading Comprehension with questions on climate change, greenhouse gases, and impacts on ecosystems.
- Graphing Lab using real NASA and NOAA data on temperature anomalies and CO₂ levels.
- CER Graphic Organizer for building claims with evidence and reasoning, plus an essay assignment and rubric for argumentative writing.
- Teacher Lesson Plan with NGSS alignment, pacing guide, and video links.
- Answer Keys for all activities.
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Product on saleClimate Change Reading Comprehension, Graphing Lab, and CER ActivitiesOriginal price was: $12.50.$7.99Current price is: $7.99.
Climate Change Presentation and Notes Package
This all-in-one Climate Change PowerPoint Package is perfect for teaching key concepts like global warming, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, and more. Designed to captivate and inform, this resource includes everything you need for a complete, interactive learning experience.
With multiple formats (Google Slides, PPT, PDF, MS Word), this resource is easy to use and fully customizable. Perfect for enriching your climate change unit with minimal prep! Get a closer look at this resource here!
Presentation Climate Change Activities Include:
- Interactive PowerPoint/Google Slides Presentation: 55 visually engaging, text-editable slides covering topics like the greenhouse effect, carbon sinks, ocean acidification, and the albedo effect. Includes short videos and built-in assessment questions.
- Student Notes: Editable fill-in-the-blank notes aligned with the presentation to keep students on track. Answer keys included for easy grading.
- Assessment Questions: 10 questions to evaluate student understanding of the material.
- Kahoot Game: A fun, interactive quiz game to reinforce key concepts.
Climate Change Stations Lab
Get your students moving and learning with these student-led Climate Change Stations! Covering key topics like the causes and effects of climate change, the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, carbon footprints, and ocean acidification, this activity encourages exploration, collaboration, and critical thinking.
Requiring minimal materials (colored pencils and a few devices), this activity is perfect for saving prep time while keeping students engaged and on task. It’s fun, effective, and ready to use! This is one of my favorite climate change activities!
What’s Included:
- 10 Station Cards: Interactive, easy-to-follow climate change activities with minimal prep—just print and go!
- Student Answer Sheet: Keeps students on track as they explore each station.
- Teacher’s Guide & Lesson Plan: Includes NGSS standards and step-by-step instructions.
- Supplemental Resources: Infographics, datasets, and diagrams to enhance learning.
- Editable Files: Fully customizable station cards and handouts (PPT).
Climate Change Color By NumBer
Who doesn’t love coloring? – I sure do! This print-and-go Climate Change Color by Number is perfect for a one-period sub-plan or a fun review activity. Students answer 12 multiple-choice questions on topics like global warming, greenhouse gases, carbon sinks, and carbon footprints, then color the page based on their answers.
What’s Included:
- 1-page student coloring sheet with an inspirational quote
- 1-page of 12 multiple-choice questions
- Answer keys for both coloring and questions
Great for grades 8-12, this activity is engaging, easy to grade, and perfect for saving prep time. Just print front and back, and you’re ready to go!
Comprehensive and Editable Climate Change Assessments
These fully editable Climate Change Assessments include everything you need to evaluate your students’ understanding of key topics like the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, global warming, and climate data trends.
What’s Included:
- 70-Question Bank: Multiple-choice, true/false, and short answer questions with an answer key.
- 10-Question Pre-Test: A quick way to assess prior knowledge.
- 30-Question Summative Test: Ready-to-use assessment with an answer key.
All resources are provided in editable MS Word and PDF formats, allowing you to customize questions to suit your class. Perfect for pre-tests, reviews, or summative assessments!
Some of my favorite Climate Change Activities from Across the Web
- Climate Change Interactives by NASA: Explore the changing planet through NASA’s eyes. Visualize satellite data, see changes over time on land, glaciers, and in the ocean, and discover evidence for Earth’s past climates. You can find these climate change activities here.
- Direct Air Capture and The Future of Climate Change: This climate change activity engages students with the concept of Direct Air Capture. Students watch an engaging film, participate in a reading and writing activity, and then model carbon dioxide adsorption/desorption in an exciting lab.
- Google Earth Climate Change Timelapse: This YouTube video timelapse show how Planet Earth has changed over the last 30 years.
???? Wrap-Up: Empower Your Students to Tackle Climate Change!
Teaching climate change doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With these engaging, interactive resources, you’ll not only make the topic accessible and fun but also provide students with the critical thinking skills they need to understand and address one of the most pressing challenges of our time. From webquests and CER activities to graphing labs and creative coloring exercises, these climate change activities offer everything you need for a comprehensive and impactful unit.
Whether you’re planning a full unit or looking for standalone activities, this collection is designed to save you time and maximize student engagement. Empower your students to explore, analyze, and act on climate change with confidence and curiosity.
Start using these resources today and inspire the next generation to make a difference!
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Human Impact On The Environment Webquest$6.99
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Renewable Energy Booklet Project$3.00
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Product on saleClimate Change UnitOriginal price was: $43.46.$29.99Current price is: $29.99.
