Climate Stories from Our World

Teacher presents the project purpose, explaining how students will collaborate with international peers to explore climate change through diverse cultural lenses

Students learn about the connection between local environmental challenges and global climate action, and understand how their voices matter in this intercultural dialogue

Students review the 2-week project timeline and discuss how their community's climate experiences will contribute to the global exchange

Students create brief creative introductions (3-5 minute videos, digital slides, or photo collages) showing their community's relationship with climate and environment

Each student or team posts their cultural snapshot on the Project Board for partner classes to view and comment on

Students watch partner class introductions and post initial observations about how geography, culture, and local conditions shape their peers' perspectives on climate challenges

Guide students to identify at least 3 preliminary connections or differences between their community and the partner classroom's climate reality

Launch the activity by asking students: 'How do our different cultures experience and respond to climate change?' and 'What can we learn from each other's climate solutions?'

Students brainstorm and co-create potential driving questions in small groups using a shared Google Doc, building on the prompts and their cultural snapshots

Facilitate a class discussion where students share their proposed questions and explain why each question matters for understanding climate through cultural eyes

Class votes on the final driving question and posts it on the Project Board for partner classes to see and refine collaboratively

Students conduct interviews with family or community members about their community's climate experiences, traditional environmental practices, and emerging solutions relevant to their local context

Teams research and document their community's climate challenges through photo essays, short narratives, or video recordings that authentically represent their climate reality

Students compile materials (videos, slides, photo galleries, or written reflections) in a shared Google Drive folder or Canva presentation that showcases their community's climate story

Each team creates a brief summary document (1-2 pages) highlighting key local environmental challenges, cultural practices that address sustainability, and emerging solutions their community is implementing

Partner classes share their climate materials asynchronously via the Project Board or through a scheduled video call, presenting their community's climate stories and solutions

Students engage in guided discussion using comparison prompts posted in the group chat: 'What similarities do we see in climate challenges?' 'What unique solutions has each community developed?' and 'How do cultural values shape climate action?'

Teams work collaboratively to document findings in a shared collaborative mural using Padlet or a comparative chart in Google Sheets that highlights connections and differences across cultures

Students identify 2-3 key insights about how cultural perspectives shape climate awareness and propose one integrated solution that combines approaches from multiple communities

Students synthesize learning from the exchange into a joint presentation or product (e.g., collaborative video, digital mural using Canva, podcast, or infographic) that integrates perspectives from all partner classes

Teams divide responsibilities for creating the integrated climate exchange exhibition, ensuring each community's voice and solutions are represented and celebrated

Students prepare the final product for sharing with the broader school community or on the Class2Class platform, adding captions, credits, and reflections that highlight the intercultural collaboration

Each class presents their contribution to the exhibition and explains how the collaborative process deepened their understanding of climate action across cultures

Students reflect individually on guided questions using a shared Google Form: 'What surprised you about your peers' perspectives on climate?' 'How has this exchange changed your understanding of climate action?' and 'What did you learn about global interconnectedness?'

Students complete peer feedback forms where they recognize specific contributions from partner class members and reflect on how collaboration strengthened their learning

Facilitate a collective reflection discussion where students share key takeaways about climate, culture, and global citizenship, and discuss how they will apply intercultural awareness to future environmental action

Classes exchange thank-you messages and final reflections asynchronously in a shared digital reflection space on the Project Board, creating a record of the intercultural learning journey and celebrating the partnership