Exploring climate change
In this lesson, students will be immersed in, and connect with, the documentary film 2040, focusing on the topic of climate change.
Overview
In this lesson, students will be immersed in, and connect with, the documentary film 2040, focusing on the topic of climate change. Students begin by participating in a barometer activity to introduce them to some of the key terms around climate change. Students then work in groups to investigate a few of the key contributing factors to climate change – energy, food, and transport – by formulating a question around their assigned factor that could be explored through research.
These questions are then redistributed among the class for them to find answers to. Again, working collaboratively, students will formulate a question that could be addressed through an experiment or fieldwork, and develop a plan and justification for this experiment/fieldwork idea.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- understand key terms and processes relating to climate change
- recognise the key contributing factors to climate change
- recognise the role of developing a question to guide scientific research
Success criteria:
Students can...
- work collaboratively and independently
- participate in class and group discussions
- select a science-based communication method suitable for their own work
- formulate questions that can be answered through research and experiments or fieldwork
- create and justify a plan for a scientific investigation
Credits and acknowledgements:
Curriculum material and mapping has been developed and written by Cool.org.
Cool.org, GoodThing Productions and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Good Pitch Australia, Shark Island Institute, Documentary Australia Foundation, The Caledonia Foundation, and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.
Watching the film
If your school or institution has a ClickView subscription, you can access 2040 on the ClickView platform.
If you do not have access to ClickView, you can purchase an educational licence to screen the film to your class and request a streaming link to share with your students. Please complete the Host a Screening form on our website and our team will be in touch to assist you.
The educational licence is for primary and secondary schools who wish to utilise the film as a learning tool or host on-site screenings for the school community.
Curriculum mapping
What you'll need
- Lesson materials
- A device capable of presenting a video to the class
Lesson materials
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