TedEd Earth School - Transport

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 specifically dedicated category of videos to transport, with an introductory quiz about knowledge on transportation. Students and teachers will watch the transport-related videos and gain insight on fossil fuel, carbon emissions and transport-related pollution and impact on climate change.

Language

English, Italian, Turkish

Relative Material

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

Topics covered

Sustainability, mobility, Lifestyle

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. 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.