Activity 2
Title: Global Leaders Estimate Time: 45 minutes Subject/Course: Science, Art, Creative Writing Grade: 3rd - 12th-grade Topic: Conference of the Parties (COP)
Summary: Students will be able to critically analyze the importance of COP and identify global leaders' efforts to mitigate climate change. Students will watch a series of case study videos focused on youth advocating for global leaders to take serious action to help mitigate climate change. Students will summarize their findings on COP and create their own climate action demands to global leaders. Materials/Resources: · A pencil (per student) · Blank sheet of white paper or journal (per student) · A television (per class) |
Established Goals: Students will demonstrate their understanding about COP by completing a worksheet and participating in a class discussion.
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Essential Questions:
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Students will be able to… Briefly describe the purpose of COP and the importance of young people advocating for climate change solutions. | Vocabulary Words:
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Assessment Evidence |
Students select three case study videos (COP21,COP22, COP23, COP24, COP25, and COP26) about youth advocating for climate action at COP and write their climate action statement to global leaders.
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Learning Plan |
Learning Activities: Students will brainstorm what they know about COP before watching a YouTube video called “COP26 Youth Day: Thousands take to Glasgow’s streets to demand action on climate change” and after having an open class discussion on ways they can contribute to the youth climate action movement.
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Student Reflection Plan |
Student Reflection: Students should create a class climate action pledge and the teacher should take a picture to share on our social media accounts. The class climate action pledge should be hung up in the classroom as a daily reminder to students to take climate action now. Lastly, students can register to attend one of many climate classroom @ COP27 which is a free online 45-minute class that introduces students to various climate change topics.
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Work cited |
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If you want to share your student's activities, please take pictures and send them to education@earthday.org. Please share the photos on our social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok) using these hashtags #earthday_education, #earthdayeduchampions, and #earthday_ed (include your name, grade level, number of students participating, and class subject).
Students should be broken into small groups (2-3 students per group) and create a visual representation of the importance of climate action. Students should refer to the activities conducted earlier with their classmates and watch a video about COP26 Youth Day.
Teachers should provide each group with the following materials:
If you want to share your student's artwork, please take a picture of each drawing and send them to education@earthday.org. Please share the photos on our social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok) using these hashtags #earthday_education, #earthdayeduchampions, and #earthday_ed (include your name, grade level, number of students participating, and class subject).
Join us virtually ( live on Instagram and Facebook) at COP27 as we urge global leaders to address climate literacy worldwide. Use the information gathered from both COP27 activities to create and write a letter to your local government about ways to solve the climate literacy issue at your schoo or globallyl. Click here to read about EARTHDAY.ORG is presenting the first-ever climate education hub to spread climate literacy and environmental education awareness. Lastly, sign the climate literacy petition and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF).
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