The Biggest Myth About Climate Change

Positives

• This video is informative and fun, incorporating lively animations and references to pop culture and comments from people online.
• It provides students with useful information they can use to educate others on the science of climate change and the many ways we know that it isn't natural or normal.

Additional Prerequisites

• Most concepts in the video are explained, but students should understand terms like average global temperature, precipitation, climate, and weather before watching the video.
• A sponsored ad plays between 16:34 and 17:08 and there are multiple ads.
  

Differentiation

• Since many complex topics are explained one after the other, it may be best to pause the video and reflect on the issues discussed in each section as a class or in pairs.
• Parts of this video could be used in social studies lessons about conspiracy theories, myths, propaganda, or misinformation.
• This is a great video to help Earth science or physics students visualize the Milankvich cycles and get a basic understanding of heat and energy.
• Biology classes could use the sections about mass extinction events and the oceans to connect to lessons on those topics, while introducing their connections to climate change.
  
• This video can be used as a follow-up to learn more about human-caused climate change and its effects, and this StC lesson can be used to learn more about the solutions to climate change.