Teaching Climate Change Through Social and Emotional Learning
ByKim Lee
edutopia.org
4min
January 19, 2023
High school students may feel anxious when studying climate change. Teachers can use SEL strategies to help them develop healthy coping skills.
“It feels hopeless.”
“It’s just depressing.”
“I understand why we are learning it, but it feels pointless at the same time.”
I saw these sentiments expressed as I clicked through my students’ written responses. In class, we were learning about the basic physics behind the greenhouse effect in the first half of a climate-heavy unit, and I had asked my students two simple questions: “How do you think these climate lessons are going?” and “How valuable is understanding the science behind climate change to you?”
Teaching Climate Change Through Social and Emotional Learning
by Michael Keany
Feb 5, 2023
Teaching Climate Change Through Social and Emotional Learning
High school students may feel anxious when studying climate change. Teachers can use SEL strategies to help them develop healthy coping skills.
“It feels hopeless.”
“It’s just depressing.”
“I understand why we are learning it, but it feels pointless at the same time.”
I saw these sentiments expressed as I clicked through my students’ written responses. In class, we were learning about the basic physics behind the greenhouse effect in the first half of a climate-heavy unit, and I had asked my students two simple questions: “How do you think these climate lessons are going?” and “How valuable is understanding the science behind climate change to you?”
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