The climate crisis is complicated and our kids have questions! Luckily, our UniMelb experts are here to answer them in this series from MCF.
Snow and ice
Skiing, tobogganing, snowball fights... they're all so much fun! But what's going to happen to our snow and ice now that the Earth is experiencing global warming? Can we save our snow and ice from disappearing? Of course our Climate Kids can! Watch to find out how.
This episode is brought to you by MCF and Protect Our Winters Australia.
Special thanks to our experts, Professor David Karoly, Dr Linden Ashcroft, Professor Ary Hoffman, Dr Andrew King, and Dr John Cook.
If you're an educator, check out our show notes to guide your lesson plans!
The oceans
What happens in our atmosphere, like greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, also affects our oceans. So, in this episode, we're talking all about it. Theo wants to know if boats are bad for our oceans, which leads Dr Lily and Dr Linden to tell us about whales, crustaceans and... elephants? And Finn wants to know how rubbish keeps ending up in our oceans. Could it be pirates?
Special thanks to our experts, Daria Vasilevskaia, Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer, and Dr Brad Jessup.
If you're an educator, check out our show notes to guide your lesson plans!
Why are we still digging up fossil fuels?
It's 2024 and we know climate change is happening. So, Tom wants to know why on earth we're still digging holes in Australia! Dr Lily and Dr Linden let us know just how much fossil fuel we're digging up, sending overseas, and using at home. And Dr Lily puts on her really, um, special lawyer's hat to explain how our government can be allowed to dig all these holes (often without permission!).
Special thanks to our experts, Professor Michael Crommelin, Associate Professor Ben Neville, and Dr Lily O'Neill.
If you're an educator, check out our show notes to guide your lesson plans!
Can technology save us?
In episode two, Zac and Jackson have some great questions and ideas for Dr Lily and Dr Linden about how we can harness technology to create energy that doesn't heat up our planet. And we give a big shout out to all our budding scientists and engineers who are helping us put an end to climate change now and into the future!
Special thanks to our experts, Professor David Karoly and Dr Andrew King.
If you're an educator, check out our show notes to guide your lesson plans!
How did climate change start?
In episode one, Elsie, Zoe and Hanna want to get to the bottom of how all this climate change business started! Dr Lily and Dr Linden do a bit of time travel to explain just how carbon was captured millions of years ago, and why it's getting out into our atmosphere now. Plus, stick around to the end for tips on how you can help slow global warming!
Special thanks to our experts, Professor David Karoly, Professor Ary Hoffman, and Dr Linden Ashcroft.
If you're an educator, check out our show notes to guide your lesson plans!
Climate Kids is created and written by Dr Lily O'Neill. Dr Lily presents it, with the help of Dr Linden Ashcroft, who co-authors the episodes.
The facts and information you hear come from experts from across the University of Melbourne.
Climate Kids is produced, directed, animated and edited by Greta Robenstone.
The amazing illustrations are by Dr Philippa Garrard.
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