Climate Change 3-D Model Making Kit

Learn about climate change in an engaging way with our easy to make model!

Models are powerful tools for teaching science because they provide useful simplifications of structures and processes, helping to make the unseen seen and the complex simple.

First, students make their model using the colorful parts. Then, use it to look at how the climate has changed due to human activities.

The model is a great starting point to consider how climate change will effect us and what we can do to help solve the environmental problems it has caused and will cause in the future.

This unique model covers: rising sea levels, sea ice melting, glacial retreat, wildfires, pollution, extreme weather events, habitat loss, deforestation, desertification, ocean acidification, disruption to ecosystems and threats to low level coastlines.

The Model Making Kit includes enough materials for students to assemble up to 5 paper models working cooperatively. The comprehensive Teacher Resource Guide included provides illustrated readings, activities, key vocabulary and an assessment, along with teaching opportunities for students to Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend and Evaluate their understanding of the concepts presented.

Models are powerful tools for teaching science because they provide useful simplifications of structures and processes, helping to make the unseen seen and the complex simple.

Based upon the NGSS Standards, students are expected to develop and use models to represent structures, systems and processes, and then provide explanations, make predictions, or investigate possible solutions.

Using the ready-to-use materials provided with each 3-D model set, students first assemble a model to represent a structure or an entire system as an aid to develop questions and explanations. They will then generate data and observations that can be used to make predictions and communicate ideas to others.