Beyond the Fossil Era

Feel free to go over the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle with the pupils once more. Feel free to use the fact sheet and the exercise The Carbon Cycle and Human Impact (time: approx. one lesson) to help out with this. It is also good to start with Beyond the Fossil Era and follow up with The Carbon Cycle and Human Impact to solidify the pupils' knowledge.

It can feel strange to do mental time travel and think that there are an infinite number of possible futures. If you want to practice this, feel free to do the exercise Imagining Futures (time: approx. one lesson).

About the material: Beyond the Fossil Era is a school material about climate change produced by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and researchers at Lund University. The pupils get to experience a future scenario where the climate goals have been achieved and immerse themselves in stories about how Sweden left the fossil era behind. Everyday objects and stories make this transition tangible and easy to grasp. The stories are based on scientific research and are presented in an easily understandable way. After reading several of the stories in the museum, the pupils get to come up with their own transition stories (with associated images) that they want to submit to the exhibition.

The aim of Beyond the Fossil Society is for the pupils to gain in-depth knowledge of the climate adaptations that society is facing by experiencing a mental journey through time and working creatively together. The material also aims to develop students' futures literacy and promote active hope. Read more about this here.