Teaching Climate Change: using Earth Learning Ideas

Global anthropogenic climate change is real and so it is essential to include this topic in our curricula to enable students to understand the scientific evidence and the possible effects this might have on our lives.

This poster provides an insight into some of the practical ways that climate change topics might be taught using the free online ‘Earthlearningidea’ website (https://www.earthlearningidea.com/English/Resources_and_Environment.html#clchange). As such, it is designed to reflect the GIFT 2024 workshop run by our EGU Geoscience Education Field Officers and to demonstrate the range of ELIs undertaken in their respective countries. It is also presented in fond memory of Professor Chris King who was the instigator and inspiration of this and so many other geoscience education projects in the UK and abroad.                                   

These climate change activities and others are available at the Earth learning website (https://www.earthlearningidea.com/), a repository containing more than 400 activities ready to use and translated into different languages. All are designed to develop students’ critical thinking and research skills, while developing their knowledge and understanding of Earth processes and products.

EGU Geoscience Education Field Officers (GEFO) are a team of geoscience teachers and researchers who provide professional development to schoolteachers who have elements of geoscience in their teaching curricula, through interactive hands-on workshops. The team is supported by the European Geosciences Union Education Committee and is active in eleven countries around Europe. (https://www.egu.eu/education/).