| 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-ups 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?time_continue=58&v=n3DM5scRpns&feature=emb_title Additional links: https://earthsky.org/earth/impacts-of-climate-change-on-human-health |
Activity description, instructions for teachers
Before starting the activity with kids, please check the video on the ‘Source’ where you can get some questions and ask the kids the same ones.
For this activity there are 2 videos which will ease the understanding of air pollution to kids.
You can make discussing with kids about the Air pollution and its effects on human health. After that, you can show the videos to kids and it will help them to better understand the concept of the Air pollution and its effects on Human Health.
| Source: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=58&v=n3DM5scRpns&feature=emb_title |
| Additional Source: | https://earthsky.org/earth/impacts-of-climate-change-on-human-health |
Climate change and Human Health/Air pollution and its effects