climate kids
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Food Systems
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Our global climate and the food that we eat everyday are inextricably linked.​
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With these activities we will explore our food system and the role it plays in our changing climate and alternatively, how climate change will impact our food, how it's produced, transported, and more!
hands-on science
Climate Science & Food Systems
Understand how climate change is impacting the food system on a regional level, how climate-smart agricultural practices can help offset the impacts of climate change, and the role we play at the intersection of climate, food, and agriculture.
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Video
12 minutes
Create a Climate Smart Cook Book
Students will research fruits, vegetables, and foods that are locally sourced and in season to produce a set of climate smart recipes. These recipes can be combined to create a climate smart cookbook for distribution to the class, school or community.
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PDF
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art activities
storytelling
The Coffee Market in the Face of Climate Change
In her art series, Audrey Carver shows farmers with potentially lost crops and livelihoods, paired with plants in various stages of health, to visualize the interdependence between plants and people, our actions and their lives.
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Video
2 minutes
Happy Cows Help Save the Planet
Costa Rica has become a world leader in agricultural and forestry practices that help reduce global warming by reducing carbon output -- but the real winners are ranchers and farmers who say environmentally sound practices save them money and benefit their livestock, their crops and their livelihoods.
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6 minutes
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Climate, Agriculture, and the Challenges Ahead
Climate change will affect all of us, but agriculture is an area where it will hit our lifestyle hard. High temperatures, a changing water situation, extreme weather and increased carbon dioxide will all impact how we grow food, how nutritious it can be and if we'll be able to feed the planet.
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Video
4 minutes
Before We Eat: From Farm to Table
Before we eat, many people must work very hard―planting grain, catching fish, tending animals, and filling crates. In this book, vibrantly illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Mary Azarian, readers find out what must happen before food can get to our table to nourish our bodies and spirits.
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Video
3 minutes
additional resources
Climate Science & Food Systems Traveling Trunk
While participating in the Climate Kids activities of art, science and storytelling, students will gain an understanding of how climate change is impacting the food system on a regional level, how climate-smart agricultural practices can help offset the impacts of climate change, and the role we play at the intersection of climate, food, and agriculture.
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Multimedia
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Varies
Climate Science + Food Systems Traveling Trunk Training
Learn how to use the Climate Science + Food Systems Traveling Trunk with your student group.
While participating in the Climate Kids activities of art, science and storytelling, students will gain an understanding of how climate change is impacting the food system on a regional level, how climate-smart agricultural practices can help offset the impacts of climate change, and the role we play at the intersection of climate, food, and agriculture.
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Video
Activity Time
41 minutes
Climate Science + Food Systems Educator Training
This training, developed by the Climate Science Alliance, is a high-level overview of our Climate Kids Climate Science + Food Systems Traveling Trunk. This resource is available to educators to help students understand how climate change is impacting our food system, how agricultural practices influence our climate, and the role we play at this intersection.
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Video
Activity Time
1 hour 34 minutes
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