This 3-minute video and brief article discuss how climate change is affecting cocoa production and one company's strategy to mitigate these effects by growing cocoa indoors.
The resource features a chocolate educator describing the impacts of climate chaos on finding quality beans and an organization that is growing chocolate in a lab as a solution to the problem.
The video is fast-paced and engaging, while the article is brief and concise.
Prerequisites
This resource builds on students' prior knowledge of climate change and its impacts.
Differentiation & Implementation
Teachers can precede this resource with this video to explain the link between climate change and extreme weather.
This can be used as an example of innovative solutions in the face of climate change issues. Students can think of other problems that could be solved with innovation.
Students can also read about how climate change is similarly impacting the coffee industry in this article and think about potential solutions.
Teachers can pause the video at 0:49 and 1:11 for students to analyze the data presented.
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Climate Central
Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives.
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