Theory

TedEd Earth School

Description

TedEd Earth School is an online platform from TedEd, American non-profit organisation dealing with technology. TedEd Earth School is dedicated to educate children and youngsters on how human activities contribute to Climate Change, providing easy-to-understand videos on the big picture of human activity’s impact on environment, as well as going in depth on specific topics, such as Energy, Transport, Materials, Food Production, Nature, Society and Level of Change.

TedEd Earth School awards a Certificate when a cycle of videos are completed (i.e. completing any 30 video lessons).

TedEd Earth School has a Nature playlist of videos, with an initial quiz to test children’s knowledge of the natural world.

There are also more resources in the TedEd blog in the shape of articles (in english), but also videos. More resources can be accessed upon registration in the TedEd website.

• Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change | TED-Ed
• What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared? - Dan Kwartler
• Why certain wildfires are necessary - Jim Schulz | TED-Ed 

Language

English

Relative Material

Link: Earth School - Your one-stop-shop for celebrating our planet | TED-Ed

Topics covered

Environment, Climate Change, Human Impact, Natural Science, Society

Relevance

TedEd Earth School is a good base for introducing basic concepts on environment and climate change, as well as being a good starting point for youngsters to understand the mechanisms lying underneath the Climate Crisis.

It is also a very valuable source of environmental education, as it explains through its videos how various factors contributing to Climate Change are interconnected, based on practices that can be changed with more eco-friendly solutions. Furthermore, TedEd produces content regularly and frequently, thus it can be a self-updating source of educational videos.

Most importantly, it teaches children and young people how much of the current modus operandi of industry is actually strictly depending on consumers, and that can be changed if coordinated common actions are taken.