Earth School
Test yourself on the topic of climate change
How much do you know about the basics of climate change?
Take a QuizHow much do you know about the world's energy?
Take a QuizHow much do you know about the world's transport?
Take a QuizHow much do you know about the world's materials?
Take a QuizHow much do you know about the world's food?
Take a QuizHow much do you know about the natural world?
Take a QuizHow much do you know about people and society's impact on Earth?
Take a QuizHow much do you know about levers for positive environmental change?
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Your one-stop-shop for celebrating our planet, and understanding what we need to do to save it.
Now more than ever, we need to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, and turn these ideas into action – start here! Take our climate quizzes to build your personalized learning library. Each lesson in your library has been selected to help you build an understanding of how our planet works and exactly what it’s going to take to save it. Track and share your progress with our tracker. Complete any 30 lessons to earn a certificate.
Feed your curiosity and your hope, and prepare yourself to make a difference.
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Big Picture
What do we know about our impacts on the climate and why is this issue so important? Test your knowledge on the big picture of climate change.
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Science & Technology
Why don’t we cover the desert with solar panels?
lesson duration 05:25
356,268 views
Transport
How can we upgrade the way we move people and things? Test your knowledge on transport.
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Materials
How can we re-imagine and re-make the stuff around us? Test your knowledge on materials.
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What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees? - Stefan Al
lesson duration 05:26
1,175,252 views
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Food
How do we spark a worldwide shift to healthier food systems? Test your knowledge on food.
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Which type of milk is best for you? - Jonathan J. O’Sullivan & Grace E. Cunningham
lesson duration 05:26
2,766,627 views
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Underwater farms vs. Climate change - Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Megan Davis
lesson duration 04:31
296,896 views
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Could you survive the real Twilight Zone? - Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel
lesson duration 04:43
351,047 views
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What if there were 1 trillion more trees? - Jean-François Bastin
lesson duration 05:44
2,217,866 views
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People & Society
How do we protect the people already suffering the impacts of climate change? Test your knowledge on people and society.
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Climate justice can't happen without racial justice | David Lammy
lesson duration 09:33
69,130 views
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The living forest: the Amazonian tribespeople who sailed down the Seine
lesson duration 09:31
47,885 views
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Levers for Change
How do we enable lasting and meaningful change in solving the climate crisis? Test your knowledge on levers for change.
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Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death— and how to rescue them
lesson duration 05:10
666,777 views
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Get a certificate for completing Earth School
Get a certificate for completing any 30 lessons in Earth School (including lessons you completed from 2020 Earth School). Here's how:
- Make sure you are signed into your TED-Ed account. Register if you don't already have an account.
- To complete a lesson, WATCH the video and finish all the questions in the THINK section.
- Complete any 30 lessons - you'll get a on each lesson you complete in Earth School.
That's it! You will get your certificate in an email.
Track and Share Your Impact
Download our tracker, challenge yourself to watch 30 videos, and share your progress along the way with the hashtag #EarthSchool on Instagram, Twitter, or Youtube.
Download your 30 video tracker to get started.