Climate Economics
Grades: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Videos
Subjects: Economics, Civics
Authors: ClimateScience
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Synopsis
- This course includes sections on the economy and climate, capitalism, economic tools, financial markets, carbon pricing, and a circular economy.
- This course contains text, interactive questions, infographics, data charts, a video, links to references, and a final quiz.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This course discusses topics such as planned obsolescence and the right to fix items that students may be able to easily comprehend.
- Students can proceed through the course at their own pace and earn a certificate upon completion.
- The course is available in a number of different languages.
Prerequisites
- A number of links to additional information require a subscription to access and some go to insecure websites.
- This course is part of a series of climate change courses from ClimateScience.
- Students will need a computer and internet connection to use the interactive features and watch the video.
- Students should be familiar with economic systems in use today.
- Teachers and students will need to enroll and create a free account to use the course and save their progress.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This course provides two levels of learning. Before enrolling in the course, users can scroll down and use the button to toggle between. "Simple" and "Advanced." The "Simple" setting is recommended for middle school students, while the "Advanced" setting is recommended for high school students.
- Cross-curricular connections could be made with science classes when discussing the connections between ecological degradation and human activities and with civics classes when discussing the global effects of national and international laws and regulations.
- Other resources on this topic include this table of solutions, this video about The Cost of Carbon, this data resource about the drivers of CO2 emissions, and this Footprint Calculator.
The resource underscores economic systems and the importance of managing Earth's resources as demand increases. The circular economy is now seen as one of the economic theories that can help conserve Earth's resources alongside the growing demand for goods and services by humans. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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