Danger Zone

Climate change connects people and and all living things around the world. In this kit, you dive deeper into these changes and tackle the challenging problems affecting the world.

Learn about the effects of climate change with hands-on experiments with a common greenhouse gas. Explore the impacts of rising sea levels and increasing wildfires, and develop solutions to manage the effects of extreme heat.

This Launch level kit includes a full-color student workbook and a detailed teacher guide, with step-by-step instructions for both hands-on and reading-based activities designed to engage students in climate science. Designed to provide over 15 hours of engaging learning, both teacher and student will be able to open the box and start within minutes.

In this kit, the student will engage in these science learning activities:

• Wonder about the worsening effects of climate change.
• Explore how gases in the atmosphere affect global rise in temperature.
• Learn about how water and ice on Earth are impacted by global temperatures.
• Learn about climate change impacts local weather and regional drought conditions.
• Explore extreme heat and develop a real-life solution to climate problems.

Use the Danger Zone kit to answer questions such as:

• What are the main causes of climate change?
• How does climate change impact living things on Earth?
• How does climate change impact weather conditions?
• What can people do to impact the effects of climate change?

Your student is ready for this kit when:

• They have learned about the Earth’s atmosphere and the water cycle.
• They know the difference between weather and climate.

The following are Science Unlocked kits we suggest your student has completed prior to doing this kit:

• Feeling the Pressure
• Raining On Our Parade

The Danger Zone kit is a part of the Science Unlocked Launch series and is recommended middle and high school students in grades 8-12.

Interested in learning more? Check out our Student Workbook Sample and Teacher Guide Sample!  

More Information

• Safety Information (SDS)

Items included in the kit:

• 2 Alka-Seltzer Tablets
• 1 Light Bulb
• 2 Modeling Doughs
• 2 Plastic Bottle
• 2 Plastic Graduated Cup
• 2 River Rocks
• 2 Thermometers
• 1 Tree Ring

Other items needed:

• Box or Stack of Books
• Calculator
• Protractor (optional)
• Spreadsheet software (optional)
• Water

• Learning outcome: Climate change connects people and living things around the world. In this kit, you will dive deeper into these changes and tackle challenging problems affecting the world.
• NGSS science standards alignment
• HS-ESS2-4 Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate.
• HS-ESS3-5 Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth systems.
• MS-ESS3-5 Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.