Global – Global Climate
“Global Climate” is a single-period FFA lesson plan in which students study the “Food Security in a Changing Climate” infographic to understand the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the technologies used to address them. Students complete the “Climate: Friend or Foe?” worksheet, matching climate impacts to weather events and identifying current agricultural technologies, then explore solutions through follow-up discussion and research.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Determine examples of climate change and explain the impacts of each
- Identify and explain current solutions to climate change
- Time required
- 45 minutes
- Grade level
- 9-10
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Climate: Friend or Foe" worksheet for each student
- Internet access to view the infographic or printed copies of the infographic
- FFA.ORG
- Food Security In a Changing Climate Infographic (http://croplife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Climate-Change-Brochure.pdf)
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Single Period Lesson; 2. Part of a series on agricultural technology and solutions; 3. Part of an agriscience unit
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
AFNR Cluster Skills
- CS.02Evaluate the nature and scope of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Cluster and the role of agriculture, food and natural resources (AFNR) in society and the economy.
- CS.06Analyze the interaction among AFNR systems in the production, processing and management of food, fiber and fuel and the sustainable use of natural resources.
AFNR Performance Element
- PS.01Develop and implement crop management plan for a given production goal that accounts for environmental factors.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG-PL1Develop and implement crop management plan for a given production goal that accounts for environmental factors.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.9Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core – Math Practices
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common Core – Science & Technical Subjects
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.4Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
FFA Precept
- FFA.CS-NDecision Making: Analyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
NASDCTEc
- AGPB01.03Examine and apply fundamentals of production and harvesting when producing plants to demonstrate plant management and production techniques.
Next Generation Science
- HS-LS2-3Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions.