Climate Change
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A five minute questionnaire allows you to calculate your carbon footprint and learners can sign up to the footprint challenge to find out ways to reduce their footprint. … Learn More
Clothes
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Fair’s Fair
www.labourbehindthelabel.org/resources/item/1002-fairs-fair-teaching-pack
This cross-curricular teaching pack for ages 9-14 brings alive the concepts of human rights, equality and fairness by telling the stories of people who make sports goods in poorer countries, often working with few rights, and for poverty wages.…
Energy
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Practical Action, Power for the World
http://practicalaction.org/power-for-the-world
Working in teams pupils explore issues around renewable energy in the developing world and build their own wind turbines. Through an interactive starter activity pupils discover how energy access via the National Grid differs between their own country and Kenya.… Learn More
Food
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Oxfam Education, Food for Thought
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/school-projects/food-for-thought
Linked to Oxfam’s GROW campaign, the Food for Thought school resources are a set of downloadable resources to get young people learning, thinking and taking action for a fairer food system.… Learn More
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Food for Life Learn More
http://www.foodforlife.org.uk/
A network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture in the interests of health. “Together we will revolutionise school meals, reconnect young people with farms and inspire families to cook and grow food”.…
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Syria – Third Space
schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/classroom-resources/list/syria-third-space
Syria: Third Space is an exhibition of new work by Syrian artists. This resource pack provides activities to encourage pupils to look really closely at some of the exhibits, and to provide creative and thought provoking responses to them.… Learn More
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World on your Feet Learn More
https://geographygoesglobal.wordpress.com/footwear/
This set of lessons for primary Geography (Year 6 – ages 10-11) uses the methodologies of Philosophy for Children and Community of Enquiry to explore the stories behind trainers. …
Transport
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Teaching about Bio-fuels
http://nuffieldbioethics.org/teaching-resource/biofuels
These resources are split into two proposed sets or lessons. The first set explores the advantages and disadvantages of different types of bio-fuels, and the second looks at the bio-fuels debate and the impacts of bio-fuels production in more detail.… Learn More
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Plastics Challenge
http://practicalaction.org/plastics-challenge
Practical Action has developed this great set of teaching resources for pupils aged 8-14 years, challenging them to develop solutions to the problems caused by plastic waste globally. As well as investigating the properties, chemistry and life-cycle of plastics, and the problem of plastic waste, pupils also find out about the experiences of waste collectors in Nepal, explore how bio-plastic is made, and create their own recycled plastic products.
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Global Learning London 2016
