Global warming and the effect on people
| Students profile/age of the student: | 10 -14 years old… |
| Connected subject in the curriculum | Science, Biology, Geography, Sport |
| Skills and competencies to be developed | Critical thinking, content knowledge, teamwork, listening skills, decision making… |
| Terminology, keywords | Human Health, Climate change, Illness, diseases |
| Teaching techniques and tools: | Warm-up activities, brainstorming, role games, case study |
| Materials needed: | – Video-projector, – Infographics, papers, – stick it notes, – pens… |
| Materials offered | Additional links: https://eua-bca.amap.no/background |
| The time needed for the activity | approx 40 minutes |
Description
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.
1. Brainstorm about Global warming and its effects
2. Watch the video from ‘Bill Nye’ where he makes simple experiments and explain the effects of climate change (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPhDLfFNXt8 )
3. If possible, make the experiment with kids so they can see the real effect
4. Discuss with kids what they saw in the video and how they could work on preventing those things from happening
5. Give them homework to check different experiments on the internet about Climate Change and Human Health
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
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