Originally shared by Manitoba Eco Network.
eCards — Research, write, design, send!
Give your students a voice in the upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen ! At COP 15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference from December 7 to 18th, world leaders are expected to set the course for global action on climate change from 2012 to 2020 — years that climate scientists and policy experts identify as critical. Global greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2015 if the world is to avoid a dangerous 2 degrees Celsius in global warming.
With eCards-to-Copenhagen, students learn the science of climate change and the significance of the conference in Copenhagen. They see the latest data, view videos, and answer research questions on the eCards website. Then they create eCards with their own message and graphics. They send their eCards to UNICEF’s Canadian youth delegates who will take their messages to Copenhagen.
160 UNICEF youth delegates from around the world will meet in Copenhagen in the week leading up to COP 15. Together at the Children’s Climate Forum, they will write a communiqué to present to world leaders attending COP 15.
eCards-to-Copenhagen is a unique research and communications activity that meets curriculum expectations in grade 9, 10 and 11 Science, Geography, Language Arts and Media Literacy.
In the words of one Ontario teacher:
I will use [eCards-to-Copenhagen] in my grade 10 science classes and my grade 11 environmental science classes… It gives teacher and students a very good overview of the scientific evidence that our temperature is increasing; and will continue to increase; the reasons why; and the potential results; in one nice package. It is good for teachers because they will not have to spend time searching for stats and info about climate change in a bunch of different places.
To learn more, visit the eCards website and select Climate Change under Learn More.
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