School Innovators workshop 1B

• Mens & Natuur
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-5

The story CALLED climate change?

What do you know about Climate Change?

Show the students where the industrial revolution happened. Do they understand this causation with CO2 emissions and the use of coal? 

Ask the students if they have ever been to France. Can they imagine how the weather can change in NL?! And in other parts of the world? 

Perhaps discuss with the students what kind of human behaviour links to these industries; what things can consumers change for themselves? 

www.gapminder.org

Goal: to increase understanding of the share of rich countries in the carbon footprint.

Part 1: 

Make groups (4 persons)

1. Write the continents (per color) down including the big countries within them. 
2. Go to https://www.gapminder.org/tools/. Here you see a ‘bubblechart’
3. What is written on the X-as (Horizontal)? What does it mean?
4. On the Y-as (vertical) you see life expectancy. Klick on the triangle (menu) and select an option that you would like to explore.
5. Click on the PLAY button at the bottom left. How many years will pass?

Part 2:

Investigating carbon in relation to prosperity

1. Where do you need to click on the Y-axis if we want to investigate carbon? And on the X axis?
   
2. Click on the PLAY button at the bottom left. How many years will pass?
   
3. What do you see happening per continent? Are there countries that stand out?
   

Together:

What can we conclude? Why?

Assignment (10 minutes):

Example: pink is Asia. Major country: China.

Go to https://www.gapminder.org/tools/. In front of you you see a "bubble chart", or a graph with bubbles.

What's on the X-Axis (horizontal)? What does that mean?

You see 'life expectancy' on the left side of the Y-axis. Click on the triangle (menu) and select: CO2 emissions.

Click on the "PLAY" button at the bottom left. How many years will pass?

Look up the dot China and the US. Are these rich or poor countries? Which countries do you see more?

What do you notice?

How come you think that is?

What is the effect of climate change in the Netherlands?

To the teacher: this movie has the best content, fitting this workshop. However, the subtitles are not perfectly english. You might want to to choose one of the following movies as an english alternative

From one extreme to the other...

Towards rain seasons?

         Hotter and dryer summers - more drought 

         More wet and more soft winters  - extreme precipitation

          Precipitation will be less regular

Summers

•      evaporation caused by higher temperatures

• Drought ☞ poor water absorbation  in the soil 

• Faster water drainage during rain showers ☞ drop in groundwater table

Winters

•        Precipitation 

• Extra water from the mountains due to melting ice and snow (e.g. the Alpes)

• Both must be drained by our rivers

Urbanization

• Cities grow

• More concrete and bricks covering our soil

• Water cannot be collected in the soil ☞ floodings

What do we need to do to
decrease floods and drought?

Make a list with the students of what they think are the best ways, based on systems thinking 

Verstening

Flooding in the city

Current and future problems

Natural solutions

Increased change in heavy rainfall

Floods

Setteling of our soil

Overusage of our sewers

Green roofs / garens and facades

Less concrete

More plants

Water storage arieas

Retain

Store

Drain

Climate change is the worst for......

1. Poor countries
2. Rich countries
3. Everybody