| Time needed for the activity: | approx 40 minutes |
| Students profile/age of the student: | 9-14 years old… |
| Climate change topic | Climate Change and Human Health |
| Connected subject in the curriculum | Science, Biology, Geography, Sport |
| Skills and competencies to be developed | content knowledge, learning by doing, time management, problem solving |
| Terminology, keywords | Human Health Climate change, illness, diseases |
| Teaching techniques and tools: | Warm-up activities, brainstorming, role games, case study |
| Methodological recommendations for the implementation | Additional notes useful to the teachers: – Take care of the emotional impact on the children – Be simple when you communicate about Climate change/Topic – Be more interactive with pupils |
| Materials needed: | – Video-projector, – Infographics, – Paper, – Stick it notes, – Pens… |
| Materials offered | Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPhDLfFNXt8 Additional links: https://eua-bca.amap.no/background |
Activity description, instructions for teachers
Global warming has also a bad impact of people’s health. Do this activity with kids and see how much they know about Global warming.
Brainstorm about Global warming and its effects
Watch the video from ‘Bill Nye’ where he makes simple experiments and explain the effects of climate change
If possible, make the experiment with kids so they can see the real effect
Discuss with kids what they saw in the video and how they could work on preventing those things from happening
Give them homework to check different experiments on the internet about Climate Change and Human Health
| Source: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPhDLfFNXt8 |
| Additional Source: | https://eua-bca.amap.no/background |
Climate change and Human Health/Global Warming and its effect on people