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FREE TED Talk Climate Change Full Curriculum Educator Planning Guide

FREE TED Talk Climate Change Full Curriculum Educator Planning Guide

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Free educator planning guide previewing the 12-week TED Talk Climate Change curriculum: 48 video lessons, six units, weekly/unit/final assessment system, capstone, flexible pacing, differentiation, and implementation guidance. Planning guide only; lesson files are not included.

Resource type
Educator Planning Guide
Grade band
Grades 9–12
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Planning Preview
Prep level
No-Prep
Subject
Science
Classroom use
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Educator Planning Guide Course Map Pacing Guide Assessment Overview Unit Overview Implementation Notes
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FREE planning preview for the complete TED Talk Climate Change curriculum.

Planning guide only. This free product includes the final Educator Planning Guide. It does not include the 48 lesson files, student worksheets, quizzes, weekly assessments, unit assessments, capstone, cumulative Final, or Student Syllabus.

Use the guide to preview the 12-week pacing, six two-week units, assessment rhythm, flexible/compressed pacing options, differentiation, standards summary, and digital/print implementation before deciding which product fits your classroom.

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Complete 12-week curriculum: TED Talk Climate Change Complete Full Curriculum | 12 Weeks

Videos in the Complete Course

Each title below links to the public YouTube video so you can see exactly what the curriculum uses.

Unit 1 - Climate Science

  1. Climate change: Earth's giant game of Tetris - Joss Fong
  2. The carbon cycle - Nathaniel Manning
  3. Cloudy climate change: How clouds affect Earth's temperature - Jasper Kirkby
  4. How quantum mechanics explains global warming - Lieven Scheire
  5. How do ocean currents work? - Jennifer Verduin
  6. Is the weather actually becoming more extreme? - R. Saravanan
  7. Is our climate headed for a mathematical tipping point? - Victor J. Donnay
  8. What happens when the Arctic permafrost melts? - Brendan Rogers and Jessica Howard

Unit 2 - Energy

  1. 4 different ways you can power a car
  2. Can 100% renewable energy power the world? - Federico Rosei and Renzo Rosei
  3. How do wind turbines work? - Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor
  4. How much electricity does it take to power the world?
  5. How much land does it take to power the world?
  6. How scientists turn lakes into giant batteries
  7. Iceland's secret power - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
  8. How close are we to powering the world with nuclear fusion? - George Zaidan

Unit 3 - Resources

  1. Are we running out of clean water? - Balsher Singh Sidhu
  2. Can we create the "perfect" farm? - Brent Loken
  3. How the water you flush becomes the water you drink - Francis de los Reyes
  4. This is how nomadic farmers live
  5. Underwater farms vs. climate change - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Megan Davis
  6. What would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow? - Carolyn Beans
  7. Why is rice so popular? - Carolyn Beans
  8. Why don't we get our drinking water from the ocean? - Manish Kumar

Unit 4 - Biodiversity

  1. Can wildlife adapt to climate change? - Erin Eastwood
  2. Is the Amazon Rainforest disappearing? - Anna Rothschild
  3. The big-beaked, rock-munching fish that protect coral reefs - Mike Gil
  4. The last living members of an extinct species - Jan Stejskal
  5. The magical forest realm hiding at the bottom of the ocean - Luka Seamus Wright and Salomé Buglass
  6. The sharks that hunt in forests - Luka Seamus Wright
  7. Why is biodiversity so important? - Kim Preshoff
  8. Will the ocean ever run out of fish? - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Jennifer Jacquet

Unit 5 - Consumption

  1. A brief history of plastic
  2. Confused about recycling? It's not your fault - Shannon Odell
  3. Food expiration dates don't mean what you think - Carolyn Beans
  4. How much does it cost to fly private? - Rachel Yang
  5. The material that could change the world... for a third time
  6. The nurdles' quest for ocean domination - Kim Preshoff
  7. The wildly complex anatomy of a sneaker - Angel Chang
  8. What's a smartphone made of? - Kim Preshoff

Unit 6 - Climate Solutions

  1. Does planting trees actually cool the planet? - Carolyn Beans
  2. How Japan saved its biggest city from collapse - Roman Krznaric
  3. How to grow a glacier - M Jackson
  4. The surprising way we can cool the planet - Elise Cutts
  5. What Earth in 2050 could look like - Shannon Odell
  6. Why isn't the Netherlands underwater? - Stefan Al
  7. The "myth" of the boiling frog
  8. Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death - and how to rescue them

New Optional Video Companion (used with YouTube)

The free Classroom Video Guide Companion Chrome extension can automatically pause YouTube at question timestamps and display prompts during viewing. It can make whole-class, small-group, and independent video lessons easier to facilitate. The curriculum works normally without the extension.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are lesson files included?
No. This listing is the Educator Planning Guide only.

Are the videos included?
No. The guide identifies the public videos used; video files are not redistributed.

Can I use this guide to decide between a unit and the full course?
Yes. It shows the complete architecture, pacing, assessments, and implementation choices.

Independent resource notice: TED/TED-Ed videos are not included. This is an independent educator-created companion curriculum and is not affiliated with or endorsed by TED.

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