Solutions to climate change (UK)

In this lesson, students will be immersed in, and connect with 2040, focusing on the topic of climate change. Students are introduced to this lesson by participating in a guided discussion around a clip from 2040. They then explore how actions for climate change can be categorised as either carbon reduction actions or carbon sequestration actions, before looking at examples of each from the 2040 documentary.

1hr 35mins

United Kingdom , Ireland

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Overview

In this lesson, students will be immersed in, and connect with 2040, focusing on the topic of climate change. Students are introduced to this lesson by participating in a guided discussion around a clip from 2040. They then explore how actions for climate change can be categorised as either carbon reduction actions or carbon sequestration actions, before looking at examples of each from the 2040 documentary.

Students are then introduced to a range of natural solutions to climate change. They work collaboratively to research, read, analyse and reflect on one or more articles about natural solutions to climate change, before conducting a SWOT analysis of these solutions and engaging in a class discussion around their analysis.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – lead students in guided discussion, oversee activities and facilitate class discussions, oversee debate.

Learning intentions

  • Students will understand key terms and processes relating to climate change
  • Students will understand that the actions we can take for meeting the challenges of climate change broadly fall into two categories; actions for reducing carbon production and carbon sequestration
  • Students will understand some of the natural solutions to climate change

Credits and acknowledgements:

Curriculum material has been developed and written by Cool.org. UK curriculum edits and mapping has been by Together Films.

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, Global Health Film and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.

Watching the film

Watch the full film with your class by filling in this form. If you have any questions, please contact the Together Films team at 2040@togetherfilms.org

By purchasing an educational screening licence of 2040, schools can use the film for several types of screenings such as; screenings in classrooms (both in-person and virtually), screenings with pupils and parents, and screenings for fundraising purposes.

Curriculum mapping

What you'll need

  • Lesson materials.
  • Student Worksheets – one copy per student.
  • Device capable of presenting a video to the class.

Lesson materials

Worksheet

Teacher worksheet - Solutions to climate change

Worksheet

Student worksheet - Solutions to climate change

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