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Kid Climate Educators Open Adult Eyes

Science Quickly

Scientific American

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4.2639 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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A study finds that kids, especially daughters, are effective at teaching their parents about climate issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

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0:11.0

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0:19.6

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0:22.7

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0:34.1

This is Scientific Americans' 60 Second Science.

0:38.0

I'm Adam Levy.

0:39.8

Avoiding the worst effects of climate change will require action.

0:44.1

But it's hard to take action when you don't even know there's a problem.

0:48.3

Around the world, only half of adults understand that humans are causing climate change

0:52.6

through activities that produce greenhouse

0:54.4

gases. But the picture is different for kids. Previous work has shown that children are more

1:00.3

engaged and more knowledgeable than adults are about climate change. The question is, can this

1:06.4

be harnessed to make a difference? We had come across this idea that kids are capable of influencing their parents.

1:13.4

And when we say influence, we really mean just teaching them.

1:16.2

Danielle Lawson, a social scientist at NC State University.

1:20.1

That's what we set out to really investigate.

1:22.4

Can we design things in such a way that kids are able to teach their parents about climate change,

1:28.6

and because of the fact that it's someone's child speaking to them

1:33.0

instead of just an adult on the street or a different climate communicator,

1:37.7

are parents willing and able to listen to their children.

1:40.6

To test the idea, Lawson set up a wildlife-based climate course for kids.

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