May 5, 2020
The Global Classroom’s inaugural class focused on how COVID-19 is affecting the physical and mental well being of children. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been a source of huge anxiety for children worldwide and this was a unique opportunity for children from all four corners of the globe to put their questions to the experts in charge of the global response to this public health crisis, and discuss coping mechanisms with inspirational role models. Children from more than 150,000 schools across 193 countries took part in discussions with an inspirational guest line-up that included Director General of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom; Executive Director of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore; HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed of the House of Saud; and Global Ambassador for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Samuel Eto’o. The Smithsonian Science Education Center also supported with student-friendly activities and hands-on experiments to learn about the science of COVID-19.
Read more at https://www.theglobalclassroom.com/classes/the-new-normal-un...