Worksheets for Age 14
Age 14 is the perfect stage for climate learning that goes beyond facts. These worksheets use Climate Challenge to build real skills: comparing evidence, weighing trade-offs, and designing actions that are high-impact and realistic.
Climate Challenge is a fast-paced card game where players compete to discover the most powerful ways to protect our planet. Each card shows a real-world action—along with scores for Effectiveness, Affordability, and Ease—so students can debate what matters most and why.
What students learn (Age 14 outcomes)
By the end of these activities, students should be able to:
- Explain which climate actions reduce the most carbon—and justify their choices
- Compare solutions using simple criteria (impact, cost, practicality)
- Identify barriers to change and propose realistic ways to overcome them
- Turn discussion into an action plan for home, school, or community
What’s included in the Age 14 worksheet pack
1) Quick-start recap (1 page)
A simple guide to the categories and how to use cards as evidence in discussion.
2) Impact vs. Reality (2 pages)
Students choose a set of cards and rank them twice:
- “Biggest impact” ranking
- “Most likely I’d actually do” ranking
Then they explain the difference.
3) Trade-off Debate Cards (2 pages)
Structured prompts for short debates:
- Which matters more right now: ease or effectiveness?
- Should affordability always win?
- Is a hard high-impact action better than an easy low-impact action?
4) Evidence & Evaluation (2 pages)
Students pick one card and write:
- what claim the card is making
- what evidence they’d want to confirm the scores
- what assumptions might change the score (location, home situation, access)
5) Action Plan Builder (2 pages)
Students create a 2-week plan using:
- 1 high-effectiveness action
- 1 high-ease action
- 1 affordability-friendly action
Includes reflection prompts and a tracker.
6) School Challenge Extension (1 page)
Students design a mini school campaign based on one action: audience, message, barriers, and success measures.
How to use the worksheets (fast classroom options)
- 20–30 minutes: Quick-start + Impact vs Reality
- 40–60 minutes: Add Trade-off Debate or Evidence & Evaluation
- Project / homework: Action Plan Builder + reflection tracker
- Group work: School Challenge Extension (great for eco councils)
Teacher tip: Keep it grounded. Ask students to name one barrier (time, cost, family routines, school rules) and one workaround.
Download the Age 14 worksheets
Each Climate Challenge pack includes a QR code linking to resources like worksheets and background information.