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2020 Kids Virtual Climate Summit

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KCS Kids Virtual Climate Summit 2020

A Welcome Message

from Kids Climate Summit founder, Rhonda Stern:

A Message from our Sponsor

Lisa Albrecht

Watch the Welcome Message

Keynote Address

by Professor Pravica

Watch Keynote Address

"Climate change is personal to me because if nothing is changed, whatever is left of the world [will be] my home."

Hannah, Jewel Middle School

"We need your help to keep our earth safe...it's the only Earth we have."

Bella, Asher, and Leah

Roycemore Academy

Student Presentations

And now for the good stuff - our student team presentations! Of our 64 groups, 19 (no 21!) were able to complete projects, despite the pandemic. These projects are presented below. We grouped our teams into "rooms," based on the topics of their presentations. Between now and the end of May, please provide positive, helpful, constructive feedback to the teams on the Kids Climate Summit Dialog and Feedback Forum.

Dialogue and Feedback Forum

Jewel Middle School, Aurora
Carbon Airplane Emissions in Illinois

Jewel Middle School, Aurora
How Pesticides Impact Climate Change and Human Health

Jewel Middle School, Aurora
Deforestation and How it Effects the Climate

Team Ammonians, Beverly Homeschool, Beverly
Ammonia

Team Good as Gold, but Greener, The Tinkerer School
Mining - Part Problem, Part Solution

Vertical Beleafers, Francis Granger Middle School
Food Scarcity and Vertical Farming

Climate Action Team, Roycemore School, Evanston
Climate Floods: The Future, How and Now

Team The Last Straw: Field-Stevenson School, Forest Park
Ocean Plastics

Team Polar Bear, Grant-White School, Forest Park
Arctic Ice Melt

Jewel Middle School, Aurora
Stop the Plastic Water Pollution

Jewel Middle School, Aurora
Climate Change and Human Rights

Jewel Middle School, Aurora
How Climate Change Affects Illinois

Midwest Academy for the Gifted, Chicago
The Best Exit Sign Light Bulb for the Environment and your Wallet

Roycemore School, Evanston
Arctic Animals and Climate Change

Team CoolDown KCS from Mill Street Elementary School, Naperville
Nuclear Waste

Roycemore School, Evanston
A World Without Plastic

Team Refork, Homeschool, Westmont
The Environmental Cost of School Lunch Programs

Team Science is for Girls, Thompson Middle School, St. Charles
Can Microorganisms Slow Climate Change?

Power Innovators, LOGYC Homeschool Coop, Skokie
Does anyone have a clue as to why our planet is warming?

Team Cool Earth Society, Grant-White School, Forest Park
Life Changing Climate Act

Homeschool, Hinsdale
Climate Change Explained in Minecraft

For an overview of what we anticipated for the Kids Climate Summit on May 2, 2020 and as a tribute to those teams who were unable to participate, please see our

Earth Day Presentation

In closing, we want to offer up a huge:

Thank You!!!

Thank You to our Volunteers for their assistance and dedication!

Thank you to our Sponsors for their belief in us!

Thank You to all the Coaches, who were willing to work with groups of kids on climate issues!

Thank You to all the Experts who volunteered their time and energy to make this a meaningful
experience for the kids!

Thank You to the Schools and Organizations who dedicated time and resources to making
the Kids Climate Summit successful.

Thank You to the young Artists at Science and Arts Academy for their artwork.

And a very special Thank You to the staff at Illinois Math and Science Academy
for their unwavering support and dedication.

Please plan to join us next April for the Kids Climate Summit 2021 at IMSA!

Sponsors Experts

The Chicago Gifted Community Center (CGCC) is a member-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by parents to support the intellectual and emotional growth of gifted children and their families.