Spain
Estefanía Pérez
English/Spanish
Project description
In this ESM2025 video project, the class focused on ice sheets and their contribution to sea-level rise. Supported by an ESM2025 researcher (in glaciology) and simple guidance on video production, students investigated why ice sheets are difficult to observe, what “interactive” ice sheets in Earth system models are, and how different warming levels can lead to very different future sea levels. They worked together to produce a home-made video, designed for local stakeholders.
The project formed part of the broader Our Future Coast initiative, through which IES Levante received European Blue School status for the 2025/2026 school year, awarded by the EU4Ocean Coalition. The work was also showcased in the Teachers’ COP climate event, where the school’s project on sea-level rise was recognised and featured in local media, and the video later contributed to the professional ESM2025 final results film.
Project goals
Strengthen student understanding of how Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets influence sea-level rise and how to improve uncertainty in future projections.
Link classroom learning to cutting-edge research, using ESM2025 ice-sheet topics to discuss interactive ice-sheet modelling and low-likelihood, high-impact sea-level scenarios.
Build digital and teamwork skills through collaborative planning, filming and editing of a stakeholder-oriented video in the students’ own language.
Engage local stakeholders by sharing accessible explanations of possible sea-level futures and the importance of limiting global warming to reduce long-term ice loss.
Feed into a European-level outcome, with the class project serving as raw material for the professionally produced ESM2025 final results video.