The Future of Energy and the Earth (Dan Kammen)
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Grades9, 10, 11, 12Physics, Earth and Space Sciences, Civics
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What it is
- In this video interview, professor Alyssa Goodman talks with professor Daniel Kammen from the University of California, Berkeley about the future of energy production, paleoclimatology, predicting future climate, reducing energy waste, integrating climate discussions into the social sciences, and being good global citizens.
- This video is part of PredicitonX, a Harvard course that traces the history of humans making predictions and the role of uncertainty in models.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This fascinating video is broken up into segments with links to more information on the topics discussed.
- The conversation includes several topics such as sensitivity analysis, performance contracts, social media mining, Carbon 40 cities, and behavioral economics.
- A time-stamped transcript of the video is available.
Additional Prerequisites
- The link for the section, An Energy Plan the Earth Can Live With, is broken.
Differentiation
- This video is long, but the segments make it easy for teachers to show parts of the video at different times.
- Science classes could continue the discussion about the need for climate change conversations to include experts in the fields of humanities and social sciences.
- Other resources on this topic include this interactive simulation of the greenhouse effect and this interactive resource that gives students a chance to observe and modify a climate model.
From the scientist review
The resource explains the importance of building climate models with clear precision and balancing it with socioeconomic variables and trade-offs. Although the video is lengthy, this is recommended for teaching.
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