Digital learning tool published

Teachers from Latvia, Lithuania, and Croatia have developed a digital learning tool for junior class students. The material was developed in the European Union Erasmus+ KA2 project “Digitally for climate” No. 2021-1-LV01-KA220-SCH-000029630.

Living in the age of technology, it is essential to provide pupils with a versatile understanding of the issues that our planet faces and to inspire them to become environmentally responsible citizens. Through interactive tasks, thought-provoking discussions, eco workshops, and science experiments, pupils can delve into the scientific explanation of climate change, its impact on our world, and the possibilities to achieve positive changes together.

The digital learning material covers 12 different topics that both teach pupils what is happening in the world and nature, invite them to think about climate change, and encourage children to become change makers themselves:

1. What happened to dinosaurs?
2. How diverse is nature on our planet Earth?
3. How does climate change affect various natural phenomena: rain, wind, hail, storms, and tornados?
4. How do such natural phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and floods affect people and the surrounding nature?
5. Why is the climate changing and what is global warming?
6. How diverse is the water world, what pollutes it and how can we help water inhabitants?
7. What is the living environment like in hot and cold deserts and how are they affected by global warming?
8. Why is the forest a great value and what causes forest fires?
9. How do animals adapt to climate and its changes?
10. How can plants help reduce global warming?
11. What can we do to protect the environment and what is a green lifestyle?
12. What will our planet Earth be like in 100 years?

Materials are published on an open-access platform in Latvian, Lithuanian, Croatian, and English language: https://www.digi4clima.org/.