Physics is at the heart of understanding the causes, the evidence and many of the solutions to the climate crisis. In this webinar we will look at how threading links to climate can bring relevance and purpose to physics lessons for many students and teachers, and how links to lives and to careers can make physics part of “the curriculum of hope”. Although the webinar will start with a discussion of the of the physics of climate, mostly it will be around threading climate and careers relevance through the diverse topics.

Those attending the event will develp their awareness of ways to bring:

• climate change education into physics teaching
• a sense of purpose to physics lessons so that it can resonate with students concerned about their world and future
• optimism into discussions about climate

This is aimed at anyone teaching physics in seconday educaation, regardless of their specialism. 

Melissa Lord will be leading this event. Melissa is an experienced physics and science teacher,  now working on a consultancy basis in physics education (for instance with the Ogden Trust); she volunteers as a STEM Climate Ambassador, and has produced a Carbon Literacy Course for teacher of physics. She has written physics and biology based resources for the National Education Nature Park and for the Royal Meteorological Society, where she sits on the Education Committee.