In 2019, Saturday visitors to the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) in Chicago, one of the largest science museums in the world, learned about the city’s past and future climate and weather challenges from an unlikely source — Chicago teens. As future leaders who will make decisions about the issues they face in their communities, MSI positioned high school-aged teens to act as advocates for building the city’s resilience to the impacts and consequences of global climate change.
![Malgorzata Gasienica-Bednarz, a high school student, talks about acid rain using the Science on a Sphere six-foot-diameter globe at the Museum of Science and Industry in November 2019. (Image credit: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago) Malgorzata Gasienica-Bednarz, a high school student, talks about acid rain using the Science on a Sphere six-foot-diameter globe at the Museum of Science and Industry in November 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2020/Jul/photodsc03964.jpg?itok=HkolZCr7)
Malgorzata Gasienica-Bednarz, a high school student, talks about acid rain using the Science on a Sphere six-foot-diameter globe at the Museum of Science and Industry in November 2019. (Image credit: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago)