Let's create continuous conversations about climate change education: Spreading the Sediment of Science!
Change the Policies - Not the Climate!
Provided by: Gen-Z Media |Published on: January 9, 2023
Podcasts Grades 9-12
Synopsis
- This podcast includes discussions with climate activists and a politician on what citizens and countries are doing to take action on climate change and why it is important.
- The podcast has a hopeful outlook, focusing on both the problems and solutions to climate change.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Civics, Geography
Authors: Gen-Z Media, Earth Rangers
Region: North America, Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The host is engaging and makes complex topics like climate change, advocacy, and policy easy to understand.
- The podcast also includes a conversation with the Canadian Minister of Environment about what Canada is doing to address climate change.
- The host also debunks the myth that China is the only country responsible for climate change.
Additional Prerequisites
- Before listening to the podcast, students should have a general understanding of the causes and effects of climate change.
- The podcast is downloadable as an mp3 file and available on various streaming platforms.
- Downloading the podcast will allow you to fast-forward and rewind through the recording.
Differentiation
- To learn more about climate policy, have students research their local and national governments' climate goals and policies and how close or far they are to achieving those goals.
- Challenge students to think about how the activists in the podcast would react to what the Minister says about Canada's targets and leadership in climate action.
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About the Partner Provider
Gen-Z Media
At Gen-Z Media, we create and produce some of the most innovative audio programming around. We’re all about families and friends listening together and connecting over great stories. Gen-Z podcasts are downloaded millions of times every month by fans all over the world. One of our podcasts, The Big Melt, is a climate change podcast brought to you in collaboration with Earth Rangers.
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