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The guide outlines a 30-minute educational activity where students use the interactive Yale Climate Opinion Maps to compare climate change beliefs at national, state, and county levels. The activity includes a guided exploration of the tool's features and a policy-making simulation where students act as advisors to the governor of Louisiana to determine which climate policies would have the most public support based on YCOM data.

The document is a student guide for navigating the Yale Climate Opinion Maps, an interactive tool designed to show how Americans' opinions on climate change vary geographically. It leads students through a series of steps to compare climate beliefs in their own communities against national averages and includes a policy application exercise focused on Louisiana to demonstrate how such data can inform policy decision-making and communication strategies.

The document outlines a teaching framework for using Yale Climate Connections (YCC) 90-second radio stories to make climate change concrete for students. It aligns these activities with NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and Performance Expectations (MS-ESS3-3, HS-ESS3-4, HS-LS2-7), focusing on data interpretation and evidence-based argument. Educators are encouraged to use the provided Question Bank as conversation starters or writing prompts, with the flexibility to search for stories by topic or location on the YCC website.

The document is a student guide designed to facilitate classroom conversations, small group discussions, or writing prompts based on 90-second radio stories from Yale Climate Connections. It provides a structured set of questions divided into categories such as general impressions, making connections, finding and evaluating solutions, justice and equity, and climate communication in action. Additionally, it lists suggested radio stories categorized by topics including energy, health, policy and politics, and species and ecosystems, and offers extension activities for deeper research and analysis.

The document outlines an educational activity where students engage with 90-second radio stories about climate change to learn about its causes, impacts, and solutions. Students are tasked with selecting a story, answering comprehension questions, and then re-representing the information via a poster, brochure, comic strip, or piece of art. The guide emphasizes that science storytelling differs from fiction because it is used as a tool to present observed and measured facts in an accessible manner.

The document is a student guide for an activity titled 'Re-representing a Climate Change Story,' which directs students to source radio stories from the Yale Climate Connections website. It provides a list of suggested stories covering diverse topics such as urban climate action in Milwaukee, flood sensors in New York City, and electric vehicle adoption in rural Appalachia, and notes the availability of a grading rubric.

The document provides a statistical breakdown of climate change attitudes among U.S. Republicans. It identifies that a minority of Republicans are 'Alarmed' (8%) or 'Concerned' (19%), and further analyzes this subgroup's demographics, risk perceptions, and policy support. Alarmed/Concerned Republicans show significantly higher support for clean energy transitions and carbon regulation compared to the general U.S. population, and they are more likely to be moderate in their political views and female than their non-concerned Republican peers.

The document outlines an educational activity where students role-play six distinct audience types—Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, and Dismissive—to practice science communication and evidence-based argumentation. It provides three scenarios: a coastal zoning law in 'Dune County', a school rain garden proposal, and a school sustainability plan. The goal is to foster social-emotional learning and critical thinking regarding climate change beliefs and misinformation.

The document outlines a classroom activity where students simulate a climate change-related scenario by adopting one of six distinct personas based on the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication's research. These personas—the Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, and Dismissive—represent unique audiences within the American public. Students are required to use a graphic organizer to develop their character's opinions and evidence, write a script that includes clarifying questions and evidence-based claims, and perform the skit. The guide includes a rubric for grading based on evidence use, collaboration, and performance quality, as well as reflection questions to help students understand the challenges of communicating with people who hold differing views on global warming.

The report finds that a significant portion of Trump voters believe global warming is happening and support various climate-friendly policies, including the Paris agreement and renewable energy expansion, despite the candidate's public skepticism.

A survey of 2,034 U.S. adult video gamers reveals that their beliefs about global warming—such as the fact that it is happening and human-caused—align closely with the general U.S. population. However, video gamers exhibit higher levels of worry, a stronger personal sense of responsibility, and a greater willingness to engage in political and consumer activism compared to the broader public. The report also highlights that a majority believe the gaming industry has a responsibility to reduce its carbon emissions and that the gaming community could collectively influence government and business actions.

The document presents data on the likelihood of different groups to discuss global warming. Liberal Democrats (68%) and those in the 'Alarmed' psychographic group (83%) are the most likely to discuss the topic, while Conservative Republicans (11%) and the 'Doubtful' group (3%) are the least likely. Discussion is also strongly correlated with perceived social norms and the frequency of hearing about global warming from others.

The document provides two data tables detailing public awareness and support for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Support is highest among Liberal Democrats (97%) and lowest among Conservative Republicans (23%). Among demographic groups, the highest support levels are found among Black, non-Hispanic/Latino individuals and Gen Z/Millennials, both at 78%.

The document provides data tables tracking U.S. public worry about extreme heat and other environmental threats from March 2018 to April 2023. It shows a general increase in the percentage of people who are 'very' or 'moderately' worried about extreme heat, peaking at 49% in December 2022.