Hi Everyone,

Welcome back! I hope you had a restful and healthy Winter Break with friends and family.

In Grade 7 we are continuing to learn about climate change. Today we had a discussion about the natural AND human causes that contribute to climate change and two important vocabulary words were introduced: mitigation and adaptation. We learned that while mitigation focuses on lessening a consequence, adaptation focuses on making a change that will impact and help deal with the problem.

Tonight there is some brief homework. My apologies that this is posted so late (it ended up as a saved draft). I’ll give students some time at the beginning of tomorrow’s class to complete the question, if needed.

Question: In 1 or 2 sentences, explain the differences between mitigation and adaptation. Then, explain 1 way that Canada is helping mitigate climate change, and 1 climate change adaptation for Canada.

To help with the first part of the homework, you can use Merriam Webster to look at the definitions of each word and then contrast the two. There is also this NASA article that you can refer to.

Looking forward to hearing your answers and our continued discussion tomorrow!

Have a good night,

Mrs.B