In this episode of the Walking Classroom, you learn about the famous climate expert and top female scientist, Inez Fung.Dr. Fung teamed up with other scientists to bring attention to climate change and work towards stopping our Earth from getting too hot for us to comfortably live. She believed that we need to understand how our behavior will affect the earth in the long-term and that what we do on land is connected to what’s happening in the atmosphere.
Character Value: Determination
Click for Standards Alignment
Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RST.6-8.4
Next Generation Science Standards
PS–Physical Science | LS–Life Science | ESS–Earth and Space Science | ETS–Engineering, Technology and the Application of Science Elementary School: 5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS3-1Middle School: MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4, MS-ESS3-5
Supplemental Resource Links and Downloads
Quiz: (Make sure you're already logged into your Gmail account, then click to copy this Google form to your Google Drive. Quiz keys are here.)
Dr. Inez Fung
Slide Deck:
Dr. Inez Fung
Explains what causes climate change and how it affects our planet.
Discusses the various ways we waste energy day to day, including food waste and transportation.
Join scientist Yue Wang on this Nature Conservancy virtual field trip and learn about the role forests and mountains play in the carbon cycle and climate change. Note: Includes downloadable Teacher Guide.
See how climate change is affecting summer air conditions in cities across the United States in this online interactive activity from PBS Learning Media.
Review the activities that increase carbon dioxide in the air and describe what can be done to reduce carbon emissions from each in this free printable from the United States Green Building Council’s Learning Lab.
Witness the greenhouse effect through a simple experiment from Family Education.
See More Podcasts in Subject Area: Science
See More Themed Groupings that Contain this Podcast: 20th Century, Biographies, Earth Science, Famous Women, Figures from Science, Life Science, The Environment, Weather