Positives

• Students will enjoy the upbeat and conversational tone of the podcast host.
• The podcast emphasizes the importance of this region to the Inuit people and describes how traditional Indigenous climate monitoring methods can improve our understanding of climate change.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should already have a basic understanding of climate change.
• The link to view more episodes and subscribe is broken.

Differentiation

• In geography classes, students can compare and contrast this region with where they live, including topics like climate change impacts, animal habitats, native populations, etc.
• Biology classes can learn more about the "fragile" arctic ecosystems by researching arctic animals impacted by climate change, creating a class food web, and discussing how climate change alters it.
• The podcast describes the Arctic as "ground zero" for many climate change phenomena such as, melting ice caps, rising sea levels, and thawing permafrost. Earth science classes can explore this notion further to identify why the Arctic is so important in our understanding of climate change.
• Language arts students can evaluate the descriptive language the narrator uses to paint a picture of her memories of the Canadian wilderness.
• If you assign the podcast as homework, students without internet access can download the audio as an MP3 before leaving school.