Climate Change Articles for Students (Set of 6)

Don’t have an informational text that covers climate change and related issues? These high-quality and engaging climate change articles for students fill that gap and more.

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Includes Readings and Worksheets On:

1. Fossil Fuels
2. Greenhouse Effect & Greenhouse Gases
3. Climate Change Overview
4. Sea Ice, Glaciers & Sea Level Rise
5. Ocean Acidification
6. Effect of Climate Change on Animals

Each of the 6 included resources include:

• An ARTICLE about one specific issue related to climate change. The readings are designed to be thorough introductions to each topic, just right for the upper middle school or early high school level.
• A corresponding WORKSHEET that highlights key vocabulary and asks text-dependent questions. All questions on the worksheets can be found in the corresponding article, so no prior knowledge is required.

Teacher Notes:

• INCLUDES ANSWER KEYS
• Please note: These climate change articles for students are not editable.
• Links to the Google Slides versions are found in each downloadable PDF.
• Standards: NGSS MS-ESS3-5, ESS3-4, LS2-4
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
• NGSS MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
• NGSS MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.