Sustainability and Environment teaching resources

An Inconvenient Truth: Greenhouse Effect 1 Lesson plan,  3 Presentations,  2 Worksheets,  Age 14-16 (KS4 / GCSE),  Age 11-14 (KS3),  Biology,  PHSE,  Sustainability and Environment,  Energy and the environment,  A set of resources covering the carbon cycle, the greenhouse effect and global warming. Also relevant to 'how science works'. Includes an animated presentation (25 slides) and a question sheet which are designed to be used in conjunction with the "Inconvenient Truth" DVD. There are also instructions for two experiments and an investigation.

Recycling: Journey of a drinks can 1 Other,  2 Presentations,  1 Quiz,  Age 7-11 (KS2),  Physics,  Geography,  Biology,  PHSE,  Primary Physics,  Primary Biology,  Sustainability and Environment,  Resources,  Animated, interactive presentation introducing concepts of recycling using the example of an aluminium drinks can (17 slides). Also a true or false quiz to promote class discussion about recycling (8 questions). These resources link with other activities and information sheets available at the think cans website.

Newsademic Issue 91 1 Other,  2 Presentations,  Age 14-16 (KS4 / GCSE),  Age 7-11 (KS2),  Age 11-14 (KS3),  Citizenship,  English,  Geography,  PHSE,  Media & non-fiction,  Sustainability and Environment,  Economic activity and development,  Democracy and Justice,  Rights and Responsibilities,  Newsademic is a newspaper for younger readers aged between 9 and 16. The focus is on international current events, the ones which shape and affect the world we all live in today. It is a PDF publication that can be printed out and read as a paper copy. Each issue is accompanied by a set of classroom activities (two levels). Download from here or purchase a subscription from www.newsademic.com

Hurricane Katrina 1 Lesson plan,  Age 14-16 (KS4 / GCSE),  Age 11-14 (KS3),  Citizenship,  PHSE,  Sustainability and Environment,  Rights and Responsibilities,  This class act is part of the British Red Cross humanitarian education programme. It is a straightforward lesson plan for use in any educational setting with young people, particularly informally or as part of citizenship education. It will help students think about and discuss what it is like to be someone else, and understand and reflect on other people's situations and feelings.

International newspaper for ages 9 to 16 3 Others,  Age 14-16 (KS4 / GCSE),  Age 7-11 (KS2),  Age 11-14 (KS3),  Citizenship,  PHSE,  Rights and Responsibilities,  Personal Development,  Economic Issues,  Sustainability and Environment,  Democracy and Justice,  Communication and Relationships,  International newspaper for younger readers, aged between 9 and 16, dated 09/10/09. The newspaper focuses on international current events, the ones which shape and affect the world we all live in today. A PDF publication, which can be printed out and read as a paper copy. Accompanied by two differentiated levels of classroom activities. Download from here or purchase a subscription.

Eco Cars Activities 1 Presentation,  1 Worksheet,  Age 7-11 (KS2),  Age 11-14 (KS3),  English,  Physics,  PHSE,  Primary Physics,  Language,  Sustainability and Environment,  Electricity and Circuits,  An interactive PowerPoint presentation, together with corresponding teachers' notes, which covers both Literacy and Science elements. After viewing a video (link supplied) of an electric car, the subsequent activities include constructing and delivering a class debate - electric v petrol cars. The Science activities allow pupils to use their own evidence to decide how electric cars can work best.

Fair trade study with Google Earth 1 Worksheet,  Age 11-14 (KS3),  Citizenship,  Geography,  PHSE,  Diversity and Communities,  Sustainability and Environment,  Comparing countries and cultures,  They find out where in the world cocoa is grown and then use Google Earth or Maps to look at these countries and where they are in relation to the UK. They are introduced to the idea of food miles and use Google Earth’s ‘ruler’ tool to find out how far chocolate has to travel to reach the UK by plane and by sea. Then use the Fair Trade Certified Global Awareness layer in Google Earth.

Google Carbon Footprint project 1 Lesson plan,  1 Worksheet,  Age 14-16 (KS4 / GCSE),  Age 11-14 (KS3),  Geography,  PHSE,  Sustainability and Environment,  Resources,  Students research information about climate change using Google Search and learn how to discriminate between results from different sources. They consider and debate the different viewpoints that they have found on the topic. use the Google Carbon Footprint Project tools to calculate their personal footprint, consider the actions they can take to reduce it and share their results on the map.

Streets Ahead: a school transport plan 1 Lesson plan,  4 Others,  1 Worksheet,  Age 11-14 (KS3),  Geography,  PHSE,  Population and settlements,  Sustainability and Environment,  Maps and Local Area,  Set of activities, developed by the RAC and the Department of Transport, to get students thinking about transport options, and especially how they might travel to school.