Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!
Ancient Aquaculture for Modern Food Security | Hope in the Water
Provided by: PBS
Centers Equity and JusticeVideos Grades 6-8, 3-5
Synopsis
These two videos show how Indigenous peoples are using aquaculture to provide food and improve the health of the ocean. In the first video, students will hear from Dune Lankard, an Eyak Athabaskan ocean farmer who is growing kelp in Alaska. The second video features Hawaiian Native, Hi‘ilei Kawelo, who is restoring a traditional fishpond. The resource also includes background reading, an activity for students, and teaching tips to implement them.
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Subjects: SS, BIO
Authors: PBS
Region: Hawai'i, Alaska
Key Focus Areas
Core Component 1: Inclusive, Culturally, and Linguistically Relevant Content
Students are introduced to Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) and will see the important role it plays in solving the climate crisis. There is both a portion in the second video and one in the discussion questions provided in the teaching tips that discuss the importance of combining ITEK and modern technology. In addition, the Advocacy for Sustainable Food Practices activity encourages the use of local and ITEK.
Core Component 2: Fostering Environmental Stewardship Through Active Learning
This resource highlights two people who have taken it upon themselves to do something to help provide for their people and protect and restore the natural environment. Students will be inspired by these stories to take action themselves and involve everyone in their community in doing so. The resource also includes an activity where students advocate for sustainable food and discussion questions on the broad impacts of environmental stewardship on human well-being.
Core Component 3: SEL Integration
In the teaching tips, teachers are encouraged not to assume students’ prior knowledge and instead draw on what they already know, providing questions to use as a guide. The Advocacy for Sustainable Food Practices activity features a variety of options for students to choose from based on their unique preferences, abilities, and knowledge.
This lesson also leans into the ideas of:
Details
- Teachers should review the advisory for animal harm before determining if they should show the video.
- Students can work in jigsaw groups to each read one of the articles and share out to the others what they learned from the reading.
- Younger students may need to have the articles read out loud to them. Teachers can also reduce the options for the project or omit the research portion.
- These resources have been carefully selected and reviewed by ECCLPs. Please note that they have not undergone SubjectToClimate's independent review process.
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