Climate Change Crash Course
Videos
Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Earth and Space Sciences
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What it is
- This interactive resource is an engaging crash course on climate change. It features three sections called "Climate Change," "Clean Energy," and "Towards a Sustainable Society."
- At the end of the course, students take a final quiz and earn a certificate.
Teaching tips
Positives
- The course is designed in an exciting and motivating manner. It contains interludes of pictures, graphs, and short quizzes.
Additional Prerequisites
- It is essential to carry out a thorough review beforehand to decide how to use this resource.
- Some of the external links are publications that require a paid subscription to access.
Differentiation
- If this resource is used before August 2022, Students between the ages of 12-25 can be encouraged to sign up for the ClimateScience Olympiad—a competition to brainstorm solutions to climate change.
- Students can explore this interactive chart that compares the per capita energy used by different countries.
- For extensions in technology or physics class, students can be motivated to work on an innovative mini-project to generate a source of clean energy to power something in their school or neighborhood.
From the scientist review
The resource highlights the climate system, energy balance, and human influence within the climate system. It is recommended for teaching.
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