How to study Climate Change at school

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Partners

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Few words about « La main à la pâte »

Institutions– Academy of sciences– Ministry of Education

• Ecole normale supérieure• Institut national de recherche pédagogique

Goal: Science education (incl. environment, health…)– 350 000 primary school teachers

Actions– Resources (paper, Internet)– Projects– Teacher training– Classes accompaniment– Valorization (awards…)– Media communication

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Key issues

Global warming is a reality

Origin = human activities

Multiple consequences : health, biodiversity, ecology, economy…

It is possible to act against global warming

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Pedagogical approach

Experimentation / inquiry

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Pedagogical approach

Experimentation / inquiry

Document study / data analysis

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Pedagogical approach

Experimentation / inquiry

Document study / data analysis

Debate / collective construction of knowledge

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Pedagogical approach

Experimentation / inquiry

Document study / data analysis

Debate / collective construction of knowledge

Modelization (ICT)

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Pedagogical approach

Experimentation / inquiry

Document study / data analysis

Debate / collective construction of knowledge

Modelization (ICT)

Communication – action

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Teacher guide

Turn key (fully described class lessons, in 132 pages)

Hands on approach : experiment, inquiry, modeling…

Multidisciplinary– Sciences

• Mater and material• Living species• environment and sustainable development• Health• Energy• Earth and sky

– History– Geography– Mathematics– Literature– Visual arts– Civic education

Validated by– Ministry of education– Ministry of environment

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Interactive animations

French / English / Hebrew / Arabic

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Website

– Teacher guide (main parts)

– Documents for download

– Flash animations for children

– Community tools• Blog

• Forum

• Events

• Interactive map

www.LeClimatMaPlaneteEtMoi.fr

Or

www.lamap.fr/climat

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Diffusion strategyEverything is free

5000 classes [May – October 2008] : objective = 10 000

Amplification– Key persons (reference teachers, trainers, inspectors)– Training sessions– conferences

Research for Sponsors– Diffusion– Communication– Translation

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Contact

contact@leclimatmaplaneteetmoi.fr

(33)1 58 07 65 84