As a primary school teacher (for students aged 5-10 years), you can use this lesson plan to introduce climate change and its impacts to your students. Climate change can be complex and is often difficult to explain to primary school students. It is especially important for primary school teachers to teach this critical issue meaningfully and yet engage them positively (with minimal doom and gloom associated with the current climate crisis).
In this lesson plan, students will be introduced to the basics of climate change, which is one of the most significant issues of our time. Students will further learn about the causes of climate change and will explore possible climate solutions.
The tools in this lesson plan will enable students to:
Teacher-contributed lesson plan by Dr. Shefali Shukla (Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi), and Dr. Shikha Gulati (Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi)
Want to know more about how to contribute? Contact us.Here is a step-by-step guide to using this lesson plan in the classroom/laboratory. We have suggested these steps as a possible plan of action. You may customize the lesson plan according to your preferences and requirements.
Reading (20 min)
Use this reading titled “A Guide to Climate Change for Kids” by NASA Climate Kids to introduce your students to climate change and how it affects our planet.
This reading includes the following sections:
Each of these sections contains simple models, graphs and videos to
explore the topics in more detail.
Classroom/Laboratory Activity (40 min)
Next, conduct a hands-on colouring activity to understand climate change and its impacts. Use the colouring book titled “Climate Change Colouring Book” by Brian Foo, to help students explore climate data and research through various colouring activities.
This book contains 20 colouring activities accompanied by written descriptions of the research and sources. Colouring activities include the causes and effects of climate change as well as solutions to reduce climate change. These activities are:
This book is available for purchase on Amazon. You can also download a pdf version of this book with a “PAY WHAT YOU WANT” option.
You may refer to a primary school student project that uses the ‘Climate Change Colouring Book’ as a guide for your students. This project report titled ‘Poley’s Ice Is Melting’ by Lila Chopra (Age 6 years), student of Vidya Valley School, Pune, India describes the adventures of a polar bear in a warming world with a plea for humans to stop global warming.
Use this lesson plan to help your students find answers to:
| Sr. No | Name of the Teaching Tool | Name of Owner/Author, Affiliation, weblink |
| 1 | Reading “A Guide to Climate Change for Kids” | By Climate Kids, NASA |
| 2 | Classroom/Lab Activity “Climate Change Colouring Book” | By Brian Foo |
Here is a step-by-step guide to using this lesson plan in the classroom/laboratory. We have suggested these steps as a possible plan of action. You may customize the lesson plan according to your preferences and requirements.
1.Explore the topic further through an interactive reading
Reading(20 min)
This reading includes the following sections:
Each of these sections contains simple models, graphs and videos to
explore the topics in more detail.
2. Classroom/Lab Activity to explore climate data and research
Classroom/Laboratory Activity (40 min)
Next, conduct a hands-on colouring activity to understand climate change and its impacts. Use the colouring book titled “Climate Change Colouring Book” by Brian Foo, to help students explore climate data and research through various colouring activities.
This book contains 20 colouring activities accompanied by written
descriptions of the research and sources. Colouring activities include the causes and effects of climate change as well as solutions to reduce climate change. These activities are:
This book is available for purchase on Amazon. You can also download a pdf version of this book with a “PAY WHAT YOU WANT” option.
You may refer to a primary school student project that uses the ‘Climate Change Colouring Book’ as a guide for your students. This project report titled ‘Poley’s Ice Is Melting’ by Lila Chopra (Age 6 years), student of Vidya Valley School, Pune, India describes the adventures of a polar bear in a warming world with a plea for humans to stop global warming.
Use this lesson plan to help your students find answers to:
| Sr. No | Name of the Teaching Tool | Name of Owner/Author, Affiliation, weblink |
| 1 | Reading “A Guide to Climate Change for Kids” | By Climate Kids, NASA |
| 2 | Classroom/Lab Activity “Climate Change Colouring Book” | By Brian Foo |
