Subject Alignment Chart

Focus: Grades 7-12

Climate change learning spans across subject matter and above and beyond curriculum standards. However, we acknowledge that to use this guide as a teaching tool you may be required to connect it to curriculum expectations within Canada and beyond.

The chart below is a visualization of the connections of the standard high school subjects to each chapter generally and, more specifically, to each activity in the Pursuing Learning sections of each chapter.

Chart Legend:

S: Science

SS: Social Science

B: Business & Economics

H: History, Canadian & World studies

G: Guidance & Careers

M: Mathematics

L: Language/Arts

T: Technology

PE: Health & Physical Education

	S	SS	B	H	G	M	L	T	PE
Inquiry 1. What is Climate Change and Why Care?	x					x	x
What’s the difference between weather and climate?	x
Natural Greenhouse Effect: Life Giving vs. Life Threatening	x
Carbon Dioxide Trends	x					x
Inquiry 2. Climate Change: Where are we now?	x	x		x
Scientific Consensus on Human-caused Climate Change	x
Who’s in Control?		x	x
Policy investigation		x
Inquiry 3. Monitoring Change: Using the Climate Atlas of Canada	x	x
Climate Atlas Open Exploration		x				x
Mapping and graphing local data	x					x
Inquiry 4. Environmental Impacts and Restoration	x
Individual or Group Research	x	x		x
Inquiry 5. Human Health: Addressing Climate Change makes us Healthier	x				x				x
Vector-Borne Diseases and Climate Change	x					x			x
Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health	x								x
Climate Change & Health: Media investigation	x						x		x
Inquiry 6. A low carbon future: Economic Transitions, Risks and Impacts	x		x		x
Planning for Flooding	x	x	x
How much does carbon cost?	x	x	x			x
Research Green Sector Careers			x		x
Sustainability Products, Consumer Responsibility	x
Inquiry 7. Climate Action and Decolonization: Indigenous Perspectives	x	x		x			x
Sila Alangotok – Inuit Observations on Climate Change	x	x
Placemat and Debate	x	x	x				x
The Impact of Climate Change on the Arctic						x
Inquiry 8. Ethical dimensions for children, youth and livable futures	x	x		x
Climate Change Connections	x	x
Climate Change and Child’s Rights	x	x

	Science	Social Science	Business /Economics	Canadian World Studies	Guidance and Careers	Mathematics	Language Arts	Technology	Health and Physical Education
Inquiry 1. What is Climate Change and Why Care?	x					x	x
What’s the difference between weather and climate?	x
Natural Greenhouse Effect: Life Giving vs. Life Threatening	x
Carbon Dioxide Trends	x					x
Inquiry 2. Climate Change: Where are we now?	x	x		x
Scientific Consensus on Human-caused Climate Change	x
Who’s in Control?		x	x
Policy investigation		x
Inquiry 3. Monitoring Change: Using the Climate Atlas of Canada	x	x
Climate Atlas Open Exploration		x				x
Mapping and graphing local data	x					x
Inquiry 4. Environmental Impacts and Restoration	x
Individual or Group Research	x	x		x
Inquiry 5. Human Health: Addressing Climate Change makes us Healthier	x				x				x
Vector-Borne Diseases and Climate Change	x					x			x
Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health	x								x
Climate Change & Health: Media investigation	x						x		x
Inquiry 6. A low carbon future: Economic Transitions, Risks and Impacts	x		x		x
Planning for Flooding	x	x	x
How much does carbon cost?	x	x	x			x
Research Green Sector Careers			x		x
Sustainability Products, Consumer Responsibility	x
Inquiry 7. Climate Action and Decolonization: Indigenous Perspectives	x	x		x			x
Sila Alangotok – Inuit Observations on Climate Change	x	x
Placemat and Debate	x	x	x				x
The Impact of Climate Change on the Arctic						x
Inquiry 8. Ethical dimensions for children, youth and livable futures	x	x		x
Climate Change Connections	x	x
Climate Change and Child’s Rights	x	x

	Science	Social Science	Business /Economics	Canadian World Studies	Guidance and Careers	Mathematics	Language Arts	Technology	Health and Physical Education
Inquiry 1. What is Climate Change and Why Care?	x					x	x
What’s the difference between weather and climate?	x
Natural Greenhouse Effect: Life Giving vs. Life Threatening	x
Carbon Dioxide Trends	x					x
Inquiry 2. Climate Change: Where are we now?	x	x		x
Scientific Consensus on Human-caused Climate Change	x
Who’s in Control?		x	x
Policy investigation		x
Inquiry 3. Monitoring Change: Using the Climate Atlas of Canada	x	x
Climate Atlas Open Exploration		x				x
Mapping and graphing local data	x					x
Inquiry 4. Environmental Impacts and Restoration	x
Individual or Group Research	x	x		x
Inquiry 5. Human Health: Addressing Climate Change makes us Healthier	x				x				x
Vector-Borne Diseases and Climate Change	x					x			x
Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health	x								x
Climate Change & Health: Media investigation	x						x		x
Inquiry 6. A low carbon future: Economic Transitions, Risks and Impacts	x		x		x
Planning for Flooding	x	x	x
How much does carbon cost?	x	x	x			x
Research Green Sector Careers			x		x
Sustainability Products, Consumer Responsibility	x
Inquiry 7. Climate Action and Decolonization: Indigenous Perspectives	x	x		x			x
Sila Alangotok – Inuit Observations on Climate Change	x	x
Placemat and Debate	x	x	x				x
The Impact of Climate Change on the Arctic						x
Inquiry 8. Ethical dimensions for children, youth and livable futures	x	x		x
Climate Change Connections	x	x
Climate Change and Child’s Rights	x	x