A series of inspirational classroom resources to engage students to learn about Earth’s changing climate and how to monitor our planet from space.
Developed under the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI), these resources help teachers to cover key aspects of the climate system and support Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) topics taught across curricula in eleven educational systems from ESA Member States.
Consisting of a teacher guide, student worksheets and links to resources for additional information, each classroom resource uses engaging climate narratives, practical experiments and integrates ESA's Climate from Space web application. This allows students to explore over 40 years of global satellite data used to (i) understand key aspects of the Earth’s climate and (ii) provide early warnings of change.
Tailored to the curricula for primary and secondary education systems across Europe, a full package of 10 resources has been developed, and are available in five European languages: English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch.
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Primary classroom resources (8-11 years old)
- Is ozone good or bad? – The role of human pollution in damaging the ozone layer
- The water cycle – The effect of global warming on flood and drought
- Country under threat – The role of global warming in sea level rise and flooding of coastal cities and small islands
Lower secondary education (11-14 years old)
- A passage opens – The threat of melting sea-ice due to global warming
- The carbon cycle – How increased emission of carbon dioxide is affecting forests, oceans and our lives
- Taking the pulse of the planet – How satellite data help our understanding of climate change
Upper secondary education (14-16 years old)
- Taking the pulse of the planet – How satellite data help our understanding of climate change
- Urban hotspots – How urban areas are increasing the frequency of heat waves
- Biodiversity and habitat loss – How climate change is causing biodiversity and habitat loss
- Planetary heat pumps – How global warming is modulating the role of oceans as heat regulator
