Choose your favourite activities below to design your own bespoke full day workshop to suit you and your learners
Week One – A Sustainable Future
- Introduction to sustainability and a more sustainable future
- Sustainability goals exercise set by the UN (KS4 and level 3)
- Identifying areas of improvement of sustainability in the home, work and global
- Differentiation of low-carbon energy and alternative energy
- Introduction to renewable energy sources
- Group research project on a renewable energy
- Group presentation of research
- Discussion
Week Two – Pollution
- Introduction and definition of pollution including primary and secondary pollutants
- Human activity resulting in environmental contamination
- Group research and case studies on either contamination of waterways, gases into the atmosphere, land, accidents and illegal
activity
- Presentation on research
- Discussion
- How human health is affected by exposure to pollutants
Week Three – Global Warming
- Differentiation of weather and climate
- How do oceans affect climate?
- Natural factors which affect climate
- Assessing the impact of human activity on the Earth’s climate exercise
- Discussion
- Case studies on historical variations in the Earth’s climate including ice ages, medieval warm period and little ice age (KS4 and
level 3)
Week Four – Wildlife Conservation
- Definition of conservation
- Research into the environmental, aesthetic, ethical, social and economic reasons of why conservation of ecosystems are
necessary
- Discussion
- Identifying different conservation methods including in-situ and ex-situ conversation
- Research project on a wildlife protection scheme currently being operated. Learners to research background information about
the scheme, methods of conservation and success
- Presentation and peer assessment
Week Five – Build Wildlife a Home
- Outline of the STEM project of building a home for wildlife
- Research what chosen wildlife needs – this could be for hedgehogs, bats, birds, insects etc.
- Design the home
- Produce
- Make information and instruction leaflet for schools
- Presentation of final products
Week Six – Recycle, Reuse, Repair & Reduce
- Introduction to the methods of waste disposal
- Differentiation of recycle, reuse, repair and reduce
- Assessment of own lifestyle to identify where R, R, R & R can be improved
- Share feedback
- Outlie the project of R, R, R & R from an item brought from home with additional materials supplied
- Completion of project
- Presentation of product and assessment of how well it went
Week Seven – Transportation
- Introduction to transportation and the environment
- Describing current transport systems
- How combustion of fossil fuels by transport systems produce air pollutants
- Group research on how pollution from transport systems can affect the environment
- Presentation of research
- Exploring policies that reduce the environmental impact of transportation systems (KS4 and level 3)
- Technological solutions in transport systems that can reduce environmental impact
- Assessment of how behavioural solutions can reduce environmental impact
Week Eight – Earth Watch
- Introduction to the Earth Watch global project and its objectives
- Outline the Earth Watch citizen science projects
- Citizen Science project – Soil quality
- Citizen Science project - Water quality
- Citizen Science project - Worm project
NOTE: Some activities will involve learners working with tools and mild chemicals. All risk assessments are available upon request