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African Gardens DVD
Published
2012
Type
DVD
Price
£12.00
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This DVD is the perfect way to start on an engaging school gardening project. It is full of great film clips - animations and instructional videos where learning is brought to life as African young people teach you and your pupils all sorts of useful gardening skills! As well as showing gardens being built by African families, there are also examples from schools in England. There is a strong e...
Subjects
- Design and technology,
- Environmental studies,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Geography,
- Local and global citizens,
- Science,
- Social and environmental,
- Technology and design,
- Whole School
Topics
- Appropriate technology,
- Environment,
- Farming,
- Food,
- Global citizenship,
- Natural resources,
- Sustainable development
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation - Education resources
Published
2012
Type
Website
Price
FREE
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is an independent charity which supports schools and teachers in using the framework of a circular economy to present a real alternative for students to discuss and debate. They have worked with teachers, subject associations and education professionals to develop a wide range of free downloadable teaching resources focused on the circular economy.
Lesson ...
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Topics
- Corporate Responsibility,
- Economy,
- Energy,
- Environment,
- Natural resources,
- Sustainable development,
- Waste
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Ecotales: Project Gloop
Published
2012
Type
- Website
Price
FREE
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Ecotales aims to educate and raise awareness of environmental issues. They have developed a short film, Gloop, which they describe as "a twisted fairytale about the price we pay for our love affair with plastic".
They have also created primary school resources based around the film, including an assembly and a series of cross curricular lessons. These can be used as stand alone activiti...
Subjects
- Art and design,
- Assembly,
- Design and technology,
- English,
- Geography,
- Mathematics,
- Science,
- Whole School
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Rainforest Adaptations
Published
2012
Type
- Website
Price
FREE
Average rating
The Eden Project has created this 1.5-hour science lesson challenging secondary students (ages 11-16) to think more creatively about plants’ evolutionary adaptation.
The rainforest is one of the most extreme and challenging ecosystems on the planet. Yet plants have evolved adaptations which enable them not only to overcome the challenges, but to thrive here! This lesson challenges...
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80:20 Development in an unequal world
Published
2012
Type
Book- DVD
- Website
Price
£17.50
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This popular development education resource was first produced in the early 1980s. It has now been completely revised and updated for its 6th edition.
Its title reflects the fact that over 80% of the world's population lives in the "Developing World" and less than 20% live in the "Developed World", but consume far more of the world's resources. It asserts that such inequalities did not ...
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Topics
- Aid,
- Climate change,
- Conflict,
- Development,
- Economy,
- Environment,
- Equality,
- Gender,
- Globalisation,
- HIV/Aids,
- Human rights,
- Participation,
- Population,
- Poverty,
- Social justice,
- Sustainable development,
- Trade
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Life on the Edge?
Published
2011
Type
- Book
Price
£16.99
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This is a GCSE Geography Toolkit from the Geographical Association exploring extreme environments - perhaps the most distant, both spatially and experientially, from the everyday lives of students.
This series of lessons uses a range of teaching strategies and a series of case studies to engage students in exploring extremely hot, dry and very cold environments. Through the local, they ...
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Digital Explorer - Oceans
Published
2011
Type
- Website
Price
FREE
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Digital Explorer has developed a range of online enquiry-based education programmes and lesson plans aiming to 'bring the oceans to the classroom'. They incorporate scientists' experiences and research gained during expeditions to the Arctic and the Great Barrier Reef. They are suitable for Geography and Science lessons at Key Stage 3 & 4 including GCSE (ages 11-16).
The
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Textiles: Environmental Impacts
Published
2011
Type
- DVD
Price
£45.00
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Filmed in Bangladesh and the UK, this DVD resource assesses the environmental impacts of the textile industry both here and abroad. It looks at how companies in the UK are working to meet government targets to reduce their environmental impact by using state of the art water recycling plants and by making better use of their waste streams. The resource then explores the environmental impact of ...
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Issues in Globalisation: Environmental Impacts & Sustainability
Published
2011
Type
- DVD
Price
£45.00
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Can economic growth be environmentally sustainable? In this DVD, residents of Dhaka's slums show how extreme industrial pollution is destroying their environment and health. Next we talk to Bangladesh's environmental activists, factory owners and government officials and ask what needs to be done to make industrial growth sustainable? We then see how a company sited in a UK National Park is fac...
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The Virtual Farm Walk - African Field
Published
2011
Type
Film- Website
Price
FREE
Average rating
The Virtual Farm Walk is an educational website created by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), a national charity which promotes environmentally responsible farming. It aims to get school students exploring life on the farm via the computer screen.
As well as providing a virtual "walk" around a typical UK farm, there is also an African Field to explore. Pupils can find out all about...
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