Using Art to Teach and Evaluate Climate Change Education for Youth
Despite the potential of climate change education programs to inspire the younger generation to change current behaviors and embrace possibilities for mitigation, the education community remains torn over addressing climate change, and related behaviors, with youth in younger grades. This study set out to address the feasibility and appropriateness of teaching about climate change at a young age—in particular, third through fifth grades. The authors used student artwork both as a teaching and an evaluation tool; they also reported on the effectiveness of these methods.