Ocean & Climate

Science / Geography | Ages 7-11

This unit will evolve with the Convex Seascape Survey, a five-year journey to understand more about the ocean and climate. This includes both how the ocean is affected by climate change, and also how the ocean can be part of the solution.

This first lesson is an introduction to the carbon cycle, both on land and in the ocean, and how an imbalance in the carbon cycle caused by human activity is driving climate change.


Lesson 1: Climate, carbon & the ocean

In this introductory lesson, we look at the scientific processes and concepts of the carbon cycle, leading to a role play activity, and discussion of…



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