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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.
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.
Environmental curricula resources for Teachers
Description
The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organization working at the intersection of business, agriculture, and forests to make responsible business, building an alliance to protect forests, improve the livelihoods of farmers and forest communities, promote their human rights, and help them mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis.
The Rainforest Alliance provides for free ready curricula for students from 6-13 years old, complete with materials for classroom lessons and related activities. Consider that the curricula have been named after the US School system (1° to 8° grade). In Europe the school system is usually divided into primary (6-10 yo) and middle school (11-13 yo).
It is a very plentiful and well-rounded resource for teachers planning classes on the important role of the forest in the life balance of the planet.
Language
English
Relative Material
Link: Resources for Teachers | Rainforest Alliance
Topics covered
Natural Ecosystems, Environmental Conservation, arts, math, science, social studies
Relevance
This resource is a very useful repository of well-designed environmental curricula for kids of primary and secondary (up to 13 yo) students. The resource is free and the online page provides an overview of each curricula, with a Teacher Summary for the activities, a synopsis of each lesson and complete with an analysis of how the curricula adhere to US Education Standards (Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Next Generation Science Standards).