Musical Exploration
13. Climate Action
Musical Exploration
Grades 5-12
10-30 Minutes
Materials Needed
- • Speaker or computer for audio playback
- • Lyrics sheets or projected lyrics (Optional)
- • Images or short video clips depicting impacts of climate change and climate action (Optional)
Goal 13: Climate Action
You can find an introduction to Goal 13, as well as the Targets & Indicators, Objectives, and Action Planning Resources on the Goal overview page.
See Goal 13 Overview
Students explore songs addressing climate change, environmental challenges, and climate action. Discuss emotions, messages, musical elements, and connections to Global Goal 13 targets.
Reflect on lyrics, melody, mood.
- How do musical elements contribute to the message?
- What is the artist's perspective?
- What are the challenges and opportunities in addressing climate change?
Students reflect on local climate effects, personal feelings about climate change, current environmental actions, and how young people can get involved in climate action.
1
What local climate effects have you noticed?
2
What are your personal feelings about climate change?
3
What environmental actions are you currently taking?
4
How can young people get involved in climate action?
4 Degrees
by Anohni
Feels Like Summer
by Childish Gambino
Big Yellow Taxi
by Joni Mitchell
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
by Marvin Gaye
Trouble in the Water
by Common, Malik Yusef, Kumasi ft. Aaron Fresh, Choklate, Laci Kay
Moon Over Marin
by Dead Kennedys
A Day in the Life of a Tree
by The Beach Boys
Atlantic
by The Weather Station
Supernature
by Cerrone
(Nothing But) Flowers
by Talking Heads
We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago
by Hawkwind
Fall on Me
by REM
Amazonia
by Gojira
After the Gold Rush
by Neil Young
Up from the Skies
by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Despite Repeated Warnings
by Paul McCartney
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