The Myth of the Boiling Frog
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Provided by: TED-Ed|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This TED-Ed animated video explains that, while a frog would detect heat and jump out of warming pot, humans haven't made the changes necessary to slow the warming of our planet, even though we have the knowledge and power to do so.
- Students will learn about fossil fuels, greenhouse gasses, warming projections, and why it is necessary to achieve net-zero emissions as quickly as we can.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Lisa LaBracio
Region: Polar Regions, Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- The animation in the video is entertaining, colorful, and engaging.
- This is a wonderful, succinct video on basic concepts of climate change and taking climate action.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students who are less familiar with the Celsius temperature scale could be given the conversion in degrees Fahrenheit.
- Students must create a free account in order to use the interactive questions.
Differentiation
- It may be helpful to show the video more than once since it is short and includes a lot of foundational climate change information.
- Language arts classes could discuss analogies, focusing on the boiling frog analogy and how it compares to the concept of climate change and humans.
- Students could work in groups to create posters or advertisements encouraging others to take personal action to help reduce climate change using this course as a resource.
- After watching the video, art classes could look at this painting and discuss how climate change can be portrayed through art.
- Additional resources on this topic include this video by The Climate Reality Project which provides more information on the history of climate change and its impact on humans, as well as this NASA resource which further details the influence of greenhouse gasses.
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