Welcome to "The Reports of the Climate Change." In Santa Cruz, CA, a teacher named Peter Weiss decided to educated his elementary students about climate climate change through rock n' roll.
According to the article, "Teaching Climate Change Through Music," the best way to spread knowledge about climate change and other socio-environmental issues is through various mediums like music. Peter Weiss's songs that he creates about climate change allow the children in his class to visualize and comprehend a concept that cannot be seen.
One of the songs mentioned in the article that Peter Weiss and his band "The Earth Rangers" perform is about greenhouse gases. The students and Peter Weiss wear clown glasses, Styrofoam balls and pipe cleaners during the performance.
The Styrofoam balls and pipe cleaners represent molecules. According to the article, each molecule represents "the real molecular structure of a greenhouse gas." The song explains the significance of these greenhouse gasses and how it relates to climate change. The rock n' roll jingle and lyrics that elementary children can understand helps to create a fun and educational approach to teaching a complex subject.
This article was very informative. It depicted an example of how to make the subject of sustainability fun and engaging. I agree that music is a very useful tactic that can be used to educate and persuade. This article definitely relates to our class, and our goal to educate college freshmen about the "Green Campus Fund." We need to make "green" something cool and exciting. Any approach that we use to educate others about the "Green Campus Fund" needs to be fun and engaging.
Weiss, P. S. (2007). Teaching climate change through music. Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union
