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Provided by: OER Project |Published on: June 3, 2025
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5-12
Synopsis
In this video from OER Project: Climate, students will learn about the five main categories of human activities that contribute to carbon emissions, and the challenges facing decarbonization.
Students will learn how the ways we get energy, make materials, grow and raise things, and get from one place to another interact to create carbon emissions, and make decarbonization a difficult task.
This is one of many lessons in the online Climate course by OER Project.
The key points in the video are conveniently marked in the progress bar with red dots.
This video does an excellent job of showing students how interconnected carbon emissions are and the relationship between daily activities and climate change.
Prerequisites
Students should understand that greenhouse gas emissions exacerbate climate change.
Differentiation & Implementation
Teachers can use the Key Points suggested in the video to create guided notes or exit tickets. Teachers can also check the box to enable pausing after key points to discuss what was shared in the video.
After watching, teachers can create a chart showing each of the grand challenges. Teachers can then ask students to connect certain activities to the grand challenges they contribute to. For example, students can think about playing basketball in the gym, discussing the power used to have the lights on, the materials used to make the basketball and its packaging, the materials used to make the gym, and even the emissions from the car the physical education teacher drove to get to school that day.
Students can look at solutions for decarbonization, like those mentioned at the end of the video. Students can research clean energy, electric vehicles, public transportation, sustainable agriculture, green building, and more.
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OER Project
OER Project equips teachers with free, innovative curricula and teaching tools that spark curiosity and inspire critical thinking in students. Our courses place student inquiry at the center of learning, and are designed to be adaptable across age levels and state standards.
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