Dr. Katharine Hayhoe - How to Talk About Climate Change
Synopsis
This video features climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe explaining how to talk about climate change.
In this two-minute video, Hayhoe encourages viewers to realize they are not alone and that a simple conversation can make a difference.
Teaching Materials
Prerequisites:
Ensure students are familiar with climate change.
Classroom Implementation:
Use this video to introduce a climate conversation campaign project, in which students try to discuss climate change with those outside the class.
Use this video to close out a unit about climate change, encouraging students to share what they have learned.
After watching, have students practice a short climate conversation in pairs, starting with an interest they share, such as cooking, a sport, or the place where they live, and connecting it to a climate impact.
Interdisciplinary Connections:
Language Arts:
Ask students to evaluate how effective the boulder analogy is and then create their own analogy for collective climate action.
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