Module 5: CLIMATE ACTION (SDG13) _CY

Learning Tool 6

Mitigating climate changes

21st century skills addressed

Character
Citizenship
Collaboration
Communication
Critical thinking
Creativity

Objectives

With this tool, students are expected to:

- Work goal-directed

- Define what climate change is

- Understand the urgency of taking action to combat climate change and its impacts

- Raise innovative ideas and non-traditional solutions regarding SDG13

- Cooperate and share tasks with other students to strengthen resilience to climate change

- Show resistance and endurance towards the struggle for climate justice.

- Respond positively towards achieving SDG13

- Think as global citizens

- Show genuine interests and abilities to solve complex real-world problems which affect sustainability

- Be able to define alternatives for action and set priorities

- Be able to make smart and informed decisions

- Cooperate in teams

- Learn from others and contribute to other people’s learning

- Be able to solve problems

- Be able to explore, reflect upon and follow up ideas in real life

Activity details

Material

see annex

Duration

2 hours 40 min

Group size

-4 groups, 5 students each (6TH grade, age 12-13)

Lessons

Lesson 1

(40 min)

Students watch a video on the topic “What is climate change and why does it occur?”(link in references)

Teacher invites students to answer questions about climate change. Questions like :

What is climate change?

What is global warming?

What is the Greenhouse effect?

Does climate change affect our lives?

How can we mitigate climate change?

Students do a mind map “Solutions to climate change” (see annex)

-some of the answers are: use less fossil fuel, recycle, save energy, plant trees…

Lesson 2

(60 min)

Students work in groups. Each group is given 1 way to mitigate climate change, to prepare a debate, explain the solution and why that solution is the best. Each group prepares a poster for the debate.

Students debate their solutions, listen to each group and complete the table charts provided (see annex)

Students collect the table charts and findings .

Lesson three (60 min)

Students divided into two groups use these solutions in real life.

• Collect and recycle paper and other materials from the nearby area.

• Plant trees in the nearby area.

Students make a presentation “How to mitigate climate change”

Tips for the teacher

Teacher plays video and starts a discussion about climate change.
Teacher invites students to present the answers from the mind map.
Teacher encourages students to debate their solutions on how to mitigate climate change.
Teacher assigns students to use these solutions in real life.

Collect and recycle paper and other materials from the nearby area
Plant trees in the nearby area

Teacher invites students to present what they have learned.

Debriefing

Students design posters for climate change mitigation and place them around the school, also show presentation on social media in order to raise awareness. Students can document their activities with free photo apps (ex. Canva) and use them in the posters. Students can also write an essay on “Mitigating climate change”