Assembly Overview

• ACE's assembly runs approximately 45-60 minutes in length and we can tailor the presentation to meet the needs of your school
• Our presentations are provided at no cost to your students or school
• ACE Educators bring all necessary equipment to your school
• The ACE presentation is based on the latest and most credible scientific sources
• You can review a complete presentation outline below
  
  
   

Presentation Outline

Click on any of the links below to read more about each section:
I. Intro
II. The Climate Situation
III. Potential Consequences of Climate Change
IV. Solutions: Imagine a Different Future
V. Solutions: Creating a Cleaner, Brighter Future
VI. End of Presentation

Music Credits
Image Credit

 I. Intro

• The climate situation is critical and we have a limited amount of time to fix it
• We’re going to talk about science, consequences and solutions
• Your generation will be instrumental in affecting change
  

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II. The Climate Situation

• Our global thermostat: the greenhouse effect
• The right balance of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere makes our planet's temperature "just right"
• Plant and animal species live where they do and how they do by adapting to their climate
• Burning fossil fuels creates carbon dioxide (CO2) - the most important greenhouse gas
• Because of our energy-intensive lifestyles and energy choices, we are emitting literally gigatons of CO2 into the atmosphere
• Human-produced CO2 is enhancing the natural greenhouse effect - this is global warming
• Trees, plants, oceans, small organisms in the soil remove carbon from atmosphere, they are called carbon sinks
• The increase in carbon dioxide is unprecedented and unpredictable
• There are other greenhouse gases to consider: overview of methane
  

   

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 III. Potential Consequences of Climate Change

• Students view a brief video that overviews the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the consequences of inaction
• The overwhelming majority of scientists agree that climate change is real
• It’s dangerous - droughts, increased storm intensity, wildfires, habitat and species loss, human hardship will likely become more prevalent
• We are running out of time. Leading scientists say there are tipping points in the Earth's climate system. If we pass these thresholds, our climate may change in ways that would be very difficult to reverse
  

   

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 IV. Solutions: Imagine a Different Future

• Despite the possible dire consequences, we can change the future and solve this problem
• Your generation is the first to know so much about climate science and solutions - and you're hyperconnected like no other in history to do something about it
• Students watch a future-visioning video in which a cleaner, brighter future sparked by high school students is portrayed
  

   

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 V. Solutions: Creating a Cleaner, Brighter Future 

• You can do simple things to lower carbon emissions: change your lightbulbs, make less waste, eat locally when possible
• Lower your emissions, raise your voice: grow the movement to get friends to raise their voices too
• 22 million high school students can change the course of humanity
• ACE has resources to help you: start an Action Team, scholarship and grant opportunities
  

   

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VI. End of Presentation

• Time for questions from the audience and wrap up
  

   

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 Music Credits Song Title / Artist / Used In

• Callin' Out / Lyrics Born / Intro/Outro
• What You Need (album: "From the Corner to the Block") / Galactic courtesy of Anti- (p) 2007 / Trivia
• All-a-dem-a-doo / Noiseshaper / Tribute
• Come and Check Your Head / Blue King Brown / Tribute
• Green Anthem / Tem Blessed / Tribute
  

   

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Image Credit

• Dream Reborn - Green For All

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