What would the Earth be without greenhouse gases? This animation will explore the role of the greenhouse effect, how it works, and the impact of human activities on it.

The Office for Climate Education (OCE) launches an innovative online course: an opportunity for teachers all over the world to learn how to teach about climate change online and for free.

This video is part of the Billes de science series, produced by the La Main à la Pâte Foundation. It presents a series of classroom activities (

This video is part of the Billes de sciences series, produced by the Fondation La Main à la Pâte.

This is the first teacher's guide book of the collection “The climate in our hands”, a series of volumes on the topic of climate change. The aim of this guide book is to support teachers in carrying out a range of activities on climate change and the ocean and cryosphere in their classrooms, and targets students from the upper end of primary school to the end of lower-secondary school (ages 9 to 15).

The climate in our hands - Climate Change and Land  

Here we propose carrying out a project based on citizen science, where students conduct real research on the impact of climate change on the predation of caterpillars.

This activity explores the greenhouse gases in both their natural and enhanced state and the effect they have on the Earth’s climate. Students make a presentation about the gases.

Biodigesters produce gas for cooking, which helps families within the community to change their cooking habits to more sustainable ones.

Students become aware of how much humans depend on land and the valuable resources it provides.

Students participate in a game to understand how carbon circulates in the carbon cycle.

This is an art project carried out by students and won first prize at the 2021 ‘Festival des Vocations’, a festival that promotes projects to take better care of our planet.

The students create a conceptual framework showing the scientific basis of climate change and its impacts on land and services provided, and figuring out the causes and consequences of the different phenomena.

Students conduct experiments to study the properties of different soils, to find ways to prevent their degradation. They also study their biodiversity and the role of this biodiversity.

On a field trip, students learn about the important role of trees and forests for living beings and the link with climate change.

Through a role-playing game, students discover the inequalities between countries with respect to wealth and greenhouse gas emissions.

Set up your own fish and vegetable farms at school!

Through a roleplaying game or multimedia animation activities, students explore different terrestrial food webs.

Students collect various types of evidence showing that the world climate has been changing over the last decades (global warming, sea level rise, the melting of glaciers, droughts, extreme events, etc.).

This is an example of a large coordinated project designed to adapt school yards to heat waves.

After the introduction to the carbon cycle provided by the last lesson, this worksheet illustrates, through experiments, how carbon moves between two reservoirs – plants and atmosphere.

Students explore the link between food security and climate change by playing a multimedia animation game or a card game.

This project is about students building gardens at home. It leads to concrete action regarding local food production and the transmission of local knowledge and habits about food.

In this activity, through documentary analysis students learn how modern agriculture is affected by climate change and how agriculture worldwide is influencing the climate.

This lesson illustrates by experiential learning, how carbon moves from one reservoir (fossil fuels and land animals) to another (atmosphere).

Through documentary analysis, students learn that climate change has led to an increase in extreme events, which has many consequences for human societies.

The students realise that there are many solutions to deal with climate change, either through adaptation or mitigation, and that many people and organisations are already taking action.

Students discover how different types of soil affect the natural ecosystems living within them, and how land is important for the planet and human communities.

Students build a greenhouse model as an analogy to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The students use a carbon footprint calculator to assess their carbon footprint and discuss what they can do to reduce it.

This lesson gives students the opportunity to explore emotions intrinsically linked to the subject of climate change, as well as the idea of a totally different world in the future.

A special day on a specific topic related to a climate change issue and focused on a local concern is organised.

In this video we learn with an expert about climate change and its impact on agriculture. Vincent Chaplot is a researcher for L'OCEAN .

  In this video we learn with an expert about climate change and its impact on the forest. Jens Schroeder is a Professor of Forest Ecology.

In this video we learn with an expert about climate change and its impact on lands. Claire Fyson is a researcher at Climate Analytics.

In this video we learn with an expert about soils and biogas. Frank Hofmann is an international Consultant, working at the German Biogas Association.

In this video we learn with an expert about soils and its exploitation.

In this video we learn with an expert about the climate migration process. François Gemmene is a professor at Science-Po.

  In this video we learn with an expert about climate change and its impact on the permafrost.

In this video we learn with an expert about soils and permaculture. Mette Fraurud is a permaculturist.

In this video we learn with an expert about climate change and its impact on indigenous populations.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us more about the relations between the Food system and climate change.

This video is part of the Billes de science series, produced by the La Main à la Pâte Foundation.

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The students discuss topics that raise the issue of climate justice.

The students learn about the greenhouse effect by building a greenhouse as an analogy with greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

In a game of catch, the students understand the role of greenhouse gases in “trapping” infrared radiation and stopping it from “escaping” into space so they can link this phenomenon with global warming.

Through a role-playing game, students discover the inequalities between countries with respect to wealth and greenhouse gas emissions.

The students carry out a documentary analysis to understand the differences between weather and climate.

The students debate the role played by sea ice in the Earth’s climate and carry out an experiment to understand the importance of the cryosphere as a surface with a high albedo.

The students realise that there are many solutions to deal with climate change, either through adaptation or mitigation, and that many people and organisations are already taking action.

Lesson D1 - Consequences of climate change on ecosystem services   MAIN SUBJECTS Natural sciences

The students perform an experiment to understand the link between acidity and pH, and also between CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and ocean acidification.

Through a mystery-solving activity, the students gain an understanding of the historical causes of climate change.

Students collect various evidence showing that the world climate has been changing over the last decades (global warming, sea level rise, melting of glaciers and sea ice, extreme events...).

The students carry out two experiments to determine how differences in the density of seawater (which depend on salinity and temperature differences) can drive ocean currents.

Through a role-playing game, the students explore polar and marine food webs.

Through a documentary analysis and an experiment, the students learn about the role of the ocean’s thermal inertia (compared to the land) in climate regulation.

The students carry out an experiment to determine that the melting of sea ice does not cause sea level rise, whereas the melting of ice on land does.

Through documentary research and / or an artwork / ar- tistic performance, students learn about the cultural importance of the ocean and cryosphere for human populations across history.

The students use a carbon footprint calculator to assess their carbon footprint and discuss what they can do to reduce it.

The students carry out an experiment to ascertain how the thermal expansion of seawater contributes to sea level rise.

This video is part of the Billes de sciences series, produced by the Main à la pâte Foundation.

Trace the different carbon fluxes on Earth, before the industrial revolution and in the present day, and observe changes in the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Find the names of each species and try to find out who eats who in six different continental ecosystems. Then visualize the impact of climate change or human activities on these networks.

Through this online card game students classify their foods according to their environmental impact.

Get the right names for all the species and try finding out who eats whom in six different marine ecosystems.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about Urban Heat Islands.

A summary for teachers of the IPCC Special Report "Global Warming of 1.5ºC".

This conceptual framework explains the different scientific concepts present in the IPCC special report "Global warming of 1.5°C".

Here is a glossary of key vocabulary related to climate change.

Find out what people and organisations all over the world are doing to adapt to or mitigate climate change.

Student-friendly carbon footprint calculator.

Discover how level rise is expected to affect five different coastal regions in the world.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about Tropical Cyclones.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about Marine Energies.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about El Nino.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about Glaciers.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about the Sea level rise.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about the Thermohaline circulation.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about the mangrove.

In this video clip, a scientific expert tells us about Sea ice melt.

Dans cette capsule vidéo, on donne la parole à une experte scientifique qui nous parle de l'acidification des océans.

Understanding the greenhouse effect and the role of visible and infrared radiations.

Learning how to develop a sequence of lessons based on an inquiry-based learning from the first lesson to the last.

Understanding the effects of climate change in ocean an cryosphere.