What videos can be used to explain climate change to children?

Question

It will be useful to have a collection of videos that helps children to understand the subject of climate change.

Answer 1

Resources are free to access & download. These can be used for classroom teaching as well as at home by parents.

See the complete list of climate change resources for children at “What Resources Can Be Used to Explain Climate Change to Children?” (OneSharedEarth, 2019).

Topic	Age	Region	Length	Info	Organisation	Notes
What is Climate Change?	4-7	Global	3 min	Animation explaining climate change for children	Australian Government, 2011
Penguins and polar bears	7-11	Global	3 min	Explains the causes of climate change & the impact on the planet. It also looks at positive actions we can take to reduce our carbon footprint.	WWF-UK, 2015
Busta's energy film	7-14	Most global, some UK context	9 min	Busta & Pong learn about fossil fuels, greenhouse effect, climate change, nuclear & renewable energy, reducing our carbon footprint	The Pod
Our Climate Our Future	9-18	Most global, some US context	40 min - also available as 11 short videos for easy watching	Learn about what is causing climate change and what you can do to stop it	Alliance for Climate Education, 2018	Email registration required
I'm only a kid, I can't do anything about climate change.... right?	11-18	Global	7 min	Stories of kids making an impact on climate change	Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe, 2018
What If All The Ice Melted On Earth?	10+	Global	6 min	Estimating effects if all ice melted, ft. Bill Nye	AsapSCIENCE, 2016
My Cheeseburger Footprint	12+	Most global, some US context	3 min	Tracks the CO2 emitted from the production of a single cheeseburger	Resources for Rethinking, 2009
Climate change: Earth's giant game of Tetris	11+	Global	3 min	Explains climate change using the game of Tetris: The playing space is Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent CO2	TED-Ed, 2014
Climate Science	11+	Global	2-3 min x 11	Series of 11 videos explaining weather, climate change evidence, CO2 origins, climate change in the oceans, effects, solutions	Planet Nutshell, 2016

Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLg2NMjzh2o - Would add this to that list, very handy link to explain the problem of ocean acidification. About 3 minutes long, nicely animated and good language used for children (and adults! - this was shown to me in a university lecture).

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This almost did make it to the list! It is also odd that it is not already part of the long "Our Climate Our Future" video series that did make it to the list, because they are both by the Alliance for Climate Education.
The reason it was taken out is because the "Climate Science" videos by Planet Nutshell cover ocean acidification in Episode 8 - Climate Change in the Oceans.
But feel free to add an answer with the link.

Answer 2

“Ocean Acidification by the Alliance for Climate Education - With Captions” (2016) - One of my favorite short videos, which nicely covers ocean acidification in a very palatable way, small addition to the excellent list of resources available in the first answer.