Chocolate Crunch: Bittersweet News For Chocolate Lovers
Provided by: Climate Central|Published on: May 30, 2026
Grades: 6, 7, 8
Type: Articles/Websites
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Climate Central
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- 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.
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Positives
- 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.
The resource is a media package for news stations to use; it includes a video and links to additional resources. This resource is a good example of how a changing climate can affect crops, a nation's exports, and the economy as a whole. The information presented is accurate, and this resource is recommended for teaching.
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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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