Impact of Climate Change Instruction Program on Elementary Students' Environmental Consciousness

The purpose of this study is to develop a class program of impacts of climate change on the ecosystem, to examine changes in students' environmental awareness, to understand how students expect the future global environment to change. For this study, 27 6th graders were participated in. And we developed and applied Climate Change Instruction Program. The results of the study are as follows; First, students showed statistically significant changes in both environmental attitudes and environmental values (p>0.01) as a result of application of a lesson program on climate change impacts on ecosystems. Second, the changes of the future environment suggested by students showed many of the global warming (40.8%) and the coming of the Ice Age (33.3%), and artificial intelligence robots were used everyday life, internet addiction, fine dust (25.9%), Global warming could be classified as presenting desertification of the global environment, melting of polar glaciers and flooding of water. Other respondents also pointed to the surge in Internet use and the use of artificial intelligence. Third, the animals due to future global environmental changes predicted animals will change according to Allen 's Rule and Bergman' s Rule. In addition, we have presented the birth of New mankind, the flying penguin, and polar bears floating in the water because of the increase in water due to global warming. It can be seen that the categories of students' imagination do not represent a diverse spectrum. In addition, the animals presented as future animals are represented as mammals or birds, including humans. The largest number of species on the planet, insects with populations, etc. have not been addressed, which is interpreted to be due to the lack of relevant biological knowledge.