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Live from COP30 Brazil Virtual Ocean Pavilion: What’s the ocean got to do with climate?

Join thousands of students from around the world for a live lesson exploring the ocean’s vital role in the climate system.

With scientists from the Convex Seascape Survey, students will see the carbon cycle in a new way, understand how carbon is stored across the planet, and discover how blue carbon habitats such as mangroves and seagrass meadows can help protect our shared future.

You can watch live or on catch-up, and your class can still submit questions for our experts to answer.

Book your place today: https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons/whats-the-ocean-got-to-do-with-climate-121125

🌍 Want to help your students understand the science behind COP29?

Join our interactive live lesson with climate scientist Dr Paul Halloran and policy advisor Maddie Millington-Drake! A collaboration between Encounter Edu Convex Seascape Survey Blue Marine Foundation and University of Exeter.

What your students will learn:
• How scientific evidence drives global decisions
• The evolution of climate modelling
• Real-world applications of climate research
• Climate advocacy and careers

Can't make the live broadcast? Watch it on catch-up! Your class can still submit questions in advance for our experts to answer.

Perfect for KS3-4 science classes. Pre-lesson resources included.

👉 Book now: https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons/cop-and-climate-science-131124

We'll be highlighting different parts of our resources created with the Convex Seascape Survey over the next weeks.

First up we're looking at ocean warming🌊🥵...

The ocean absorbs over 90% of the excess heat from global warming. This has been a massive 350 to 400 zetajoules of warming since the 1950s (a zeta joule is 10 ^ 21 joules).

To put this into context, the energy of the first atomic bomb dropped was 63 trillion joules. This means that the heat energy absorbed by the ocean since the 1950s is equivalent to over 5.5 billion atomic bombs, or an average of about 2.5 bombs every second.

This rate has increased in recent decades with estimates that we are adding the heat energy of between 3 and 5 atomic bombs to the ocean every second.

We've got some great FREE resources (pictured) on the effects of this warming on the ocean.

For ages 7-11, there's Deep trouble in the ocean (https://encounteredu.com/teacher-resources/ocean-heroes-ages-7-11-lesson-2-deep-trouble-in-the-ocean).

For ages 11-14, we've got a great group activity for science and other subjects (https://encounteredu.com/teacher-resources/ocean-climate-science-ages-11-14-lesson-3-climate-change-impacts-and-the-ocean), and for more of a geography focused lesson see https://encounteredu.com/teacher-resources/ocean-climate-geography-ages-11-14-lesson-4-ocean-climate-impacts.

Thanks to Convex Insurance Blue Marine Foundation University of Exeter ExeterMarine

We're proud to present three new curriculum-aligned units developed in collaboration with Convex Seascape Survey and world-leading scientists from ExeterMarine.

Ocean & Climate for KS3 Science and Geography, and Ocean Heroes for KS2 offer comprehensive, engaging, and free resources for teaching essential aspects of ocean science, climate change, and sustainability.

Ocean Heroes | Ages 7-11 / KS2 | Cross-curricular is a primary-level unit that introduces ocean and sustainability topics, emphasising blue carbon habitats' importance and how the ocean can be an ally in tackling climate change.

Ocean & Climate |Ages 11-14 / KS3 | Science is a lower-secondary unit that covers vital topics such as the carbon cycle, ocean biodiversity, climate change impacts, and ocean acidification, enhancing students' understanding and science capital.

Ocean & Climate | Ages 11-14 / KS3 | Geography explores ocean and climate change connections, the role of blue carbon habitats, and the ocean's potential as a climate ally. It covers a range of human and physical geography topics and introduces the concept of ecosystem services.

All these lessons can be downloaded from https://encounteredu.com/teacher-resources/programmes/convex-seascape-survey.

As the ocean absorbs over 25% of manmade carbon emissions and 90% of excess heat from global warming, it's crucial to equip students with knowledge about these topics and learn how the ocean is affected by climate change and can be a source of hope in tackling the issue. Our response through these resources balances addressing climate and ocean crises with robust science, climate optimism, and tools for young people to advocate for greater change.

These resources are part of our work to bring the science of the Convex Seascape Survey to classrooms internationally, working in partnership with Convex Insurance, Blue Marine Foundation, and the University of Exeter.

Calling all secondary schools.

Join us for this free live lesson on 14 Dec @ 2pm with the fantastic team all about 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🌍🌪️.

👉 book here https://ow.ly/LqEn50QgtPs

We are excited to work with Ocean Census on the education outreach for their incredible Tenerife expedition and beyond. We are kicking off with a series of live lessons direct from the team to classrooms worldwide.

There is still time to book the live lessons at https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons/courses/ocean-census-live-2023.

We will cover different aspects of the project, from discovering how scientists discover new species to experiencing a submersible dive and learning about shark protection.

We are excited to be celebrating with this fantastic live lesson all about 🐳🐳 and their importance for 🌍

Thursday 8 June / 2pm (UK)

Book now ⬇️

http://ow.ly/qIE750OAvi6

With Convex Seascape Survey Blue Marine Foundation ExeterMarine

Very much looking forward to the launch of the Ocean Census this morning with Nekton and delighted to part of the team bringing this to classrooms.

🗓️Streaming live at 11:00 BST on Thursday 27 April, from the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Celebrate with this live lesson all about the science of the seabed.

Join ExeterMarine scientists Dr Ceri Lewis and Dr Adam Porter as they share amazing marine life as part of the Convex Seascape Survey.

Join this live Seabed Safari lesson on Tuesday 14 March at 2pm (UK) 👇

https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons/seabed-safari-150323

British Science Week British Science Association

Celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science with Dr Ceri Lewis & Georgie Savage in tomorrow's live lesson. Book your place 👇

https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons/women-on-the-frontiers-of-climate-science-100223

With Convex Seascape Survey ExeterMarine Blue Marine Foundation

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) & weekend shares the 4 C's of expeditions communications: Commit, Collaborate, Challenge, Confidence

We're going live in 1 hour with Nekton, live from the Indian Ocean, to find out all about 'How do submarines work?'.

Join us at https://encounteredu.com/live-lessons.