This new resource brings together climate education and media literacy, helping students apply critical thinking and evidence‑evaluation skills to the climate stories they see every day.
These two lessons can be delivered within a range of different subjects or used as part of a cross‑curricular themed day. It is available at two levels, foundational and advanced, allowing teachers to select the version that best suits the needs and abilities of their class.
The curriculum mapping document provides the direct links for this resource to the Third/Fourth level Science curriculum in addition to an overview of subject contribution for justification of an interdisciplinary unit.
Target year groups:
Third/Fourth level in Scotland
Prior knowledge:
No prior climate specialism needed. Core climate facts ate provided and pedagogical focus is on information works, rather than technical content.
Learning objectives:
- Students will learn to analyse climate information carefully, including data, graphs, language, and sources.
- Students will use evidence and critical thinking to judge whether climate information is accurate or misleading.
- Students will learn to recognise how misunderstandings and poor‑quality evidence can lead to inaccurate climate claims, and to question such claims carefully and responsibly.
Editable PowerPoint (foundation)
Editable PowerPoint (advanced)
Lesson 1 Worksheet (foundation)
