Is It Real? Climate Misinformation Video
https://ourclimateourfuture.org/video/chapter-6/
https://ourclimateourfuture.org/video/chapter-6/
Our Climate Our Future, Action for the Climate Emergency
Video length is 03:21 min
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Grade Level
Online Readiness
Topics
Climate Literacy
This Video builds on the following concepts of Climate Literacy.
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Teaching Tips
- This video requires setting up an account and signing in. The sign up/sign in process is free and is straightforward and quick.
- Teachers might want to guide students through a deeper discussion of motivations of climate deniers that the video discussed, since the video does not have time to talk about these details.
- This video is part of a larger video series addressing a variety of topics in 11 chapters, including sources and formation of carbon dioxide, how greenhouses gases work, current evidence of global climate change, societies' need for energy, ways to reduce energy consumption, taking action on climate change using technology, and personal commitment. Each chapter has discussion questions and links to further information.
- The developer includes companion lessons, discussions, experiments, and activities to support the video topics, located here. Many of these are appropriate for assessment.
- If showing the entire video collection, it would be best shown in chapter format with supporting activities, discussion questions, and reflection time after each 1 or 2 chapters.
About the Content
- This video addresses aspects of misinformation about climate change.
- The video specifically discusses the misconception that current climate change is a natural phenomenon.
- The video discusses the perception that climate change is a hoax but reiterates the scientific evidence and consensus on climate change.
- The video explores examples of climate change impacts and mitigation.
- Comments from expert scientist:
Scientific Strengths: The video draws on the link between human activities and climate change. It makes the important point about the rate of climate change today being extremely fast compared to past climate change. Shows the powerful, long-term effects of mis/difinformation campaigns.
Suggestions: Minor inconsistency in the video: while the narrator is talking about thousands of years, the images are in millions of years. In the supplementary student reading about Global Temperature and the Oceans, it would be helpful to update the information in the last part about “missing heat”.
About the Pedagogy
- This video provides a basic introduction to misconceptions and misinformation around climate change.
- Potential misconceptions and prior knowledge are challenged and addressed in the FAQs.
- Critical thinking and social reflection skills are developed through discussion about this video.
- The video encourages climate action.
- Hosts in this video represent traditionally underserved groups.
