The Hong Kong Observatory has produced an educational package on climate change for schoolchildren in Hong Kong to promote general awareness and understanding of this topic, according to a press release from the Information Services Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government on Monday.
The objective was to put together the latest available scientific information on climate change for easy consumption by students and teachers so that the younger generation would understand the importance of the problem and take an active role in combating climate change, the press release quoted Acting Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Observatory Leung Wing-mo as saying.
Principal Assistant Secretary of the Education Bureau Catherine Chan Ka-ki said tackling climate change demanded an all-out effort.
"Education is one of the keys to success through enabling students to understand the rationale behind the changing issue and to take constructive action to resolve it. The Education Bureau is pleased to contribute to this project by facilitating concerted response and involvement of the education sector," Chan said.
The educational package consists of a DVD containing an animated cartoon, a cartoon booklet, a CD-ROM containing PowerPoint presentations and a collection of publications on climate change, as well as another DVD containing the Oscar Award winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth".
The package will be distributed to schools in Hong Kong before the end of September. The Education Bureau will follow by organizing seminars to introduce how the package can be incorporated into the learning and teaching of different science and humanities subjects, according to the press release.
Source: Xinhua
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