Dr. Sustainable or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Climate Change

David Ostheimer

This unit is being written for 1st grade but could be adapted for any other grade. Students will learn about pressures that our developing world is putting on various ecosystems. Whether the pressure is driven by consumer demand or by the lack of progress on dealing with climate change there are consequences to society’s choices. After we have learned about each issue, palm oil, climate change, habitat loss, we will endeavor to do something at either the personal, classroom, school, or local level to help alleviate these crises. For our study of palm oil and climate pressures on the Galapagos, students will be free to formulate their own plans to enact change.