Kenya Curriculum

The Climate Innovation Challenge workbook, referred to as CIC, is our free and fun international STEAM program for grades 3-12 that encourages students to find their connection and role in addressing climate change. Our goal is to inspire students to develop innovative climate solutions, and to tell the story of their solution through short videos. We provide teachers, schools, afterschool programs, and clubs with free training and in-class support.

CAVU believes that engaging youth in solutions-based education about the climate crisis provides them with a sense of agency and hope. When young people engage in action, they stay in action.
Students who go through the program emerge with a range of skill sets, including: Climate Leadership, Video production, Storytelling, Critical thinking, Digital Media Literacy, Team Building,
Research, Project Management, Interdisciplinary thinking, Creative Problem Solving, Science Literacy, and Environmental Literacy

The General Learning Outcomes/ Goals are to: prioritize communities most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; prioritize students underrepresented in STEAM education; amplify youth voices when addressing climate challenges; develop pathways to implement student solutions and explore career opportunities; improve students’ digital media skills; cultivate innovation, creative problem solving, and leadership; work collaboratively with communities to develop regionally and culturally specific lessons that meet students where they’re at; and ease the anxiety climate change can create by focusing on solutions and opportunities.

CIC also meets the Core Competencies set by KICD and the Learning Outcomes for Middle and Senior School including Communication and Collaboration, Self-efficacy, Critical Thinking, Inclusive Thinking, Problem Solving, Citizenship, Digital Literacy, and Learning to Learn.

CIC instills key values in learners such as responsibility, honesty and trustworthiness, excellence, respect, care and compassion, understanding and tolerance, trust, and being ethical among many others.

CIC prepares the learner for the twenty-first century by equipping them with key skills in research, digital media literacy and storytelling. CIC is an additional resource in the attainment of the National Goals of Education and Sustainable Development Goals.

Please note: PCIs in education refers to Pertinent and Contemporary Issues, which are relevant and modern problems or concerns that affect the delivery of educational services. These issues are important and current, relating to the lives of learners and teachers in the present day)

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In the Climate Innovation Challenge (CIC), learners from around the world create solutions that build climate resilience in their own communities and present their ideas in short videos. We believe in starting where you are, in learners’ physical location, cultural location, worldview location, and as individuals with the strengths and interests each student brings to the table.

The CIC workbook aligns with these two National Goals for Education in Kenya as dictated by KICD:

• Promote international consciousness and foster positive attitudes towards other nations Kenya is part of the interdependent network of diverse peoples and nations. Education should empower the learner to respect, appreciate and participate in the opportunities within the international community. Education should also enable the learner to operate within the international community with full knowledge of the obligations, responsibilities, rights and benefits that this membership entails. CIC adheres to the UN SDG number 13- Climate action, UNEP Protocols and Community of Parties (COP).
• Promote positive attitudes towards good health and environmental protection. Education should inculcate in the learner the value of physical and psycho-social well being for self and others. It should promote environmental preservation and conservation, including animal welfare, for sustainable development.

CIC also meets the Core Competencies set by KICD and the Learning Outcomes for Middle and Senior School including:

1. Communication and Collaboration
2. Self-efficacy
3. Critical Thinking, Inclusive Thinking, and Problem Solving
4. Creativity and Imagination
5. Citizenship
6. Digital Literacy
7. Learning to Learn

The CIC workbook is made up of six distinct lessons. Please note that some lessons may take longer depending on which videos you choose to view. We’ve listed running times so that you can time your lessons appropriately. Lesson 6 is more extensive and may take several sessions to complete. Each lesson consists of four to five sections:

• Learning Outcomes
• Essential Questions
• Educator Notes
• Classroom Discussion and Activities

The flexible CIC workbook is a great complementary resource for teachers, facilitators, club patrons of Environmental, CIC and 4K Clubs. It gives educators extra resources they can use to teach their learners about climate change impacts. The additional skills of research and storytelling are a bonus as these are key skills in the 21st century and learners will get a head start in their education and work preparation having acquired these critical life skills. We will partner with the National Museums of Kenya to build young researchers and explore the National Museums.

This workbook provides teachers with learning materials that help them foster in their learners a positive attitude towards environmental development and appreciate a healthy environment.

The CIC Workbook aligns with the National goals for Education in Kenya (no. 2c,3,7 and 8), the 7 core competencies set by KICD and the learning outcomes for Middle School (1,2,3,4,6,7,8 and 9) and Senior School (1,2,3,4,7,8,9 and 10).

Lessons include:

• Lesson 1 – Find Your Entry Point
• Lesson 2 – Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies
• Lesson 3 – Brainstorming Climate Solutions
• Lesson 4 – Reputable Research
• Lesson 5 – Climate Messaging & Project Design
• Lesson 6 – Video Production

Because we believe in starting out where you are, we seek to work in solidarity with the communities who have been most deeply impacted by the systems responsible for creating climate injustice. CAVU acknowledges that our organisation’s work is situated within a long history of climate resilience work, and we honour that legacy.

The original peoples of lands across the world have understood and acted in ways that centre care for the land, and we see it as a core responsibility to use our platform to amplify these long-standing relationships between Native peoples and their lands across the world. As a result, you will see examples from and references to Indigenous communities throughout the workbook.

That said, we encourage teachers and learners to shape their approach to the workbook based on their own sets of relationships with the land and their own worldviews and immediate home communities. While we have a long way to go before our collective work has made the impact we are hoping for, we remain strong in our belief that we must begin where we are, with what we can touch.

Our commitment to our local and global communities is at the heart of our work, and we are grateful you have trusted us with the opportunity to work, learn, and relate with you and your learners.

CAVU staff members are available to work with learners and teachers to create engaging videos to showcase student ideas. Often, learners will use presentation software as the foundation for creating a project.

Students can use their preferred video editing software, and we accept students’ work in a variety of file formats. We encourage the use of Canva as a means for producing CIC projects. Educators can register for free as a verified Canva educator here (bit.ly/CAVU-Canva-2). Be sure to register early on in the process so that you can gain access to the software and set up your online classroom before learners start to use the program.

• Canva.com – Tutorial (bit.ly/CAVU-Canva) – Recommended!
• Capcut.com – Tutorial (bit.ly/CAVU-CapCut)

Both Canva and Capcut are free and easy to use on both a mobile phone or a laptop.

Learners’ work will be evaluated for the Showcase on their ability to devise a sound solution and tell a visual story about their solution. All projects must be pre-recorded and submitted as a standard video file.

To submit to the CIC, students in primary, junior and senior secondary are required to have a media release form signed by a parent or guardian. The teacher can either fill a Google Form electronically or print a PDF form, sign, scan and email it to a CAVU staff.

ClimateInnovationChallenge.org

CAVU Electronic media release (bit.ly/CAVU-e-release)
CAVU PDF Parent media release (bit.ly/CAVU-parent)
CAVU PDF Educator release (bit.ly/CAVU-educator)

When a project is completed, learners are encouraged to enter the challenge by uploading their video to the FilmFreeway. For more information about how to submit to this year’s competition, visit us online at ClimateInnovationChallenge.org.

Once projects are submitted, a preliminary panel of judges will evaluate submissions that meet the project criteria via the CIC Judging Rubric (bit.ly/CAVU-Rubric). Judges will look for well-rounded projects that meet the project criteria and excel in many of the categories included in the rubric. Top scoring projects will be moved onto Round 2 judging to determine which projects will receive our top awards.

Award winning entries will be featured in CAVU’s annual CIC Video Showcase. This virtual event is held at the end of the school year to highlight learners’ achievements and present awards.

Visit CAVU.org to learn more about this year’s showcase and prizes. It is recommended that those interested in submitting projects to the showcase use the workbook provided, but it is not required. Conversely, learners and educators who go through the workbook are not required to enter the video challenge. Learners can register either independently or through an educator. CAVU staff can support teachers in implementing the workbook to complement existing school and classroom lesson plans.

For challenge participants, the following criteria serve as a baseline for what is expected to qualify for the CIC Video Showcase. Participants can work individually or in groups. The size of the group is unlimited. CAVU strongly encourages group submissions for younger learners.

For strong projects we recommend that they:

1. Be pre-recorded and submitted as a standard video file. (DV, MPEG-4, MP4, MPEG-2, MOV, and M4V are all acceptable formats). – Mandatory
2. Not exceed 4 minutes in length.- Mandatory
3. Display a climate change solution.
4. Be subtitled in English.
5. Not use copyrighted music, graphics or materials that may cause them to be flagged on streaming services.
6. Cite at least three sources in a format chosen by the educator.
7. Contain an opening title containing all participating learner’s first names, grades, instructor names (if applicable), and school/institution name.
8. NOT include their last names on their submissions for privacy reasons. CAVU accepts no responsibility or liability for participants’ failure to adhere to this guideline.

Please note that this is a video competition.

Essays, research papers, and slide presentations will not be accepted.