YHGSA Partnersips
Education for Sustainable Development
The YHGSA is part of the Education for Sustainable Development Forum and works in partnership with this regional programme which is funded by Yorkshire Forward.
See also
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) curriculum dimensions,
including issues of global significance and sustainable development.
http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/cross-curriculum-dimensions
and
Sustainable Schools Programme, including links to publications, tools
and other resources.
www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools
A list of available primary resources is as follows.
TIDE: Water Issues- Local & Global - TIDE 2005
Baker, J: Window - Walker Books, 2002
Baker, J. : Belonging - Walker Books, 2004
Chief Seattle & Jeffers, S.: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky - Puffin, 1993
Foreman, M.: One World - Anderson Press, 2004
Foreman, Michael: Dinosaurs and all that rubbish - Puffin, 1974
Green, J. & Gordon, M.: Why should I save water? - Wayland, 2001
Green, J. & Gordon, M.: Why should I recycle? - Wayland, 2007
Green, J. & Gordon, M.: Why should I protect nature? - Wayland, 2007
Hollyer, B.: Wake up, World - Frances Lincoln/Oxfam, 1999
Geog. Assoc.: Caring for our world 4-8 - 2008
David Smith: If the world were a village - (2006). A & C Black.
Rochelle Strauss: One well: the story of water on Earth - 2007) Kids Can Press.
Beatrix Hollyer: Our world of water - (2008) Frances Lincoln. Children’s Books/Oxfam.
Jeannie Walker.: Where the forest meets the sea - (1998) Wayland.
Midwinter, C: Our Street – Our World! - WWF-UK, 1997
Platt, R. & van Wyk, R.: The Vanishing Rainforest - Frances Lincoln, 2004
Readman, J. & Roberts, L.H: The World came to my place today. - Eden Project Books, 2004
Readman, J. & Roberts, L.H.: George saves the World by lunchtime - Eden Project Books, 2006
Schimmel, Schim: Children of the Earth Remember - NorthWord Press 2002
Smith, D.J. & Armstrong, S.: If the World Were a Village - A&C Black, 2006
Smith, V.: I can help recycle rubbish - Franklin Watts, 1998
T.I.D.E.: Start with a story; supporting young children’s exploration of issues. - D.E.C. Birmingham, 2002
Thomas, H.& Thompson, S.: The Conservation Project Book - Headway 1998
Watts, B. & Banyard, J.: Waste - Collins Educational, 1994
Williams, B. : Your Environment - Wayland, 2001
WWF: Focus on Rainforests - WWF 2003
Climate Change: web resources
www.climatechoices.org.uk
Comprehensive site from Practical Action for KS2 covering climate change,
causes and effects, with lots of interactive powerpoints, activities,
ideas for action etc.
www.green-flag.org.uk
For all key stages. Lots of good materials developed to bring the
global dimension to sustainable and eco-schools work. All relevant,
but specific climate change resources under ‘energy and climate
change’.
http://learn.christianaid.org.uk
Christian Aid’s teaching resources site. Click on ‘browse
by topics’ and you can look at all the climate change resources – assemblies,
packs etc.
http://www.cafod.org.uk/primary/climate-environment
Primary downloadable resources on climate change from CAFOD including
useful 5 day KS2 climate change cross curricular scheme of work, various
powerpoints, a children’s sketch, etc
http://www.cafod.org.uk/secondary/climate-environment
Secondary downloadable resources on climate change from CAFOD, including
Assembly, Powerpoint, ideas for action, script of a drama, photopack
etc
http://www.globalcommunity.org/flash/wombat.shtml
A cheeky film clip with a wombat delivering a global message. Must
be seen (several times, but not more than about 4 or the bossy wombat
starts to get on your nerves!) Useful stimulus for P4C (philosophy for
children), and all kinds of other sessions…
www.breathingearth.net
An interesting little site which simulates world births, deaths and carbon
emissions in real time. Fascinating to watch, another useful
stimulus for discussion / P4C sessions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afa-2HErL70 ‘Proper Education’. Forget po-faced finger-wagging , this short film to the backing of a Pink Floyd remix is cool, funky and packed with skateboard and bike stunts and attitude. A gang of school kids with bricks break into a high rise block of flats – only to switch appliances off, put in energy saving bulbs and turn down the thermostat. I bet your class love it.
http://tinyurl.com/angrykid I have mixed feelings about this Greenpeace short film clip. Does what it says on the tin. The kid is indeed very angry. Watch it yourself and see how you might use it with your class… (another P4C stimulus?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk7H8Wjf-_Q&feature=related (more
info on www.rite2no.org.uk )
A Change for the Better. Funny and thoughtful 30 min film on climate
change for young people by young people - made by a group of secondary
kids in Manchester. The you tube link above works to view the video
in parts or order it from their website. My favourite quote: ‘why
is the future so minging?’ Useful for KS 2 and 3.
http://powerdown.actionaid.org.uk/
ActionAid’s PowerDown website. Lots of powerpoints, video
clips, lesson plans suitable for primary and secondary and compelling
personal stories about the impact of climate change on children’s
lives.
www.ashdenawards.org/schools
A wealth of resources including tried and tested lesson plans, teacher
notes, short films and PowerPoint presentations for interactive whiteboards. Have
a browse.
www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/climate_change/index.html
Three short video stories about how climate change is affecting women’s
lives around the world and the action that Oxfam is taking to improve
lives. An example of climate change already happening, rather than
some vague threat for the future.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/climate_chaos/ A whole week’s worth of activities on climate change for ages 9 – 11.
www.footprint.wwf.org.uk
One of many footprint calculators available online. For adult and
secondary. 5 minute activity to help you work out how many planets
we would need if everyone lived in the same way as you. Gives you
a figure in tonnes for your carbon emissions too.
www.realclimate.org
A site set up by climate scientists where they try and communicate in
language that ordinary people can understand in response to what they
see as misrepresentation in the media eg their responses to the infamous
Channel 4 documentary. Recommended by the head of education services
at The Royal Meterological Society as ‘where to look for sane
science from climate scientists’. Not one for kids but
could be useful if there’s something you feel you need to understand
more deeply before you teach it.
http://www.ecodriver.co.uk/
Ecodriver measures and displays the energy you use in school in a form
that can be easily interpreted and used by students eg for maths etc. It
comes highly recommended by a school in QCA’s case study document ‘Sustainable
Development in Action’ who say that it’s been key to revolutionising
their school’s energy use.
www.stopclimatechaos.org
Stop Climate Chaos is the coalition of all the organisations with campaigns
on climate change (Christian Aid, Oxfam, WWF, Islamic Relief…)
a bit like the equivalent of Jubilee 2000 or Make Poverty History. This
is the site to look at to find out what action they all have planned
and how you can get involved.
www.ageofstupid.net
Not specifically a schools resource but The Age of Stupid is a fantastic
and empowering film and very useable at secondary. Currently
showing at cinemas and independent screenings (find a local one on
their site or even better, book one for school, it’s surprisingly
cheap to do and a great event to introduce whole school action on climate
change to parents and the wider school community). ActionAid
are shortly bringing out a secondary Age of Stupid schools pack ‘Age
of Smart’.
Climate Change: books and packs
Climate Change Poster £8.80 from the OXFAM schools catalogue. It’s massive, laminated and very attractive. It shows 20 easy steps to minimise global warming and save the earth’s resources that includes everything from simple ideas to boycotting companies that don’t respect the environment.
10 things I can do to help my world - Melanie Walsh A beautiful book for Pre-school and reception children £9.99 Walker Books and from OXFAM Schools Catalogue
Where’s the Impact? An Eco-footprinting activity from the Centre of Alternative Technology www.cat.org.uk £30.95 inc. postage. Could be used with top end of primary and all age groups in secondary.
Life in a Changing Climate An interactive multimedia learning resource for GCSE and A level studies of climate change and its impacts. Free from the Met Office, email: education@metoffice.gov.uk, tel: 0870 900 0100
I count, Your step-by-step guide to climate bliss, We can stop climate chaos, [2006] ISBN 13: 978-0-141-03025-8, St Ives: Penguin books, £3
The No- Nonsense guide to Climate Change,[2001] Dinyar Godrej, £6.99, Background info for adults. Available from Oxfam Schools Catalogue and the New Internationalist, www.newint.org
Who will save us? [2007], Rebecca Morch, £6.50, available from OXFAM Schools Catalogue. Picture book about penguins and climate change which has inspired my five-year old to be very climate conscious. She leapt up to turn out all the lights as soon as we’d read it.
The Sustainability Handbook for Design Technology Teachers, [2008], £12.95, ISBN 978 1 85339 670 0, Practical Action and Centre for Alternative Technology, available from OXFAM schools catalogue
Climate change – local and global An Enquiry Approach, [2005], ISBN: 0 948838 92 2, £11, AVAILABLE FROM Oxfam Schools catalogue and published by Teachers in Development Education
Every Journey Matters, [2007], published by Peace Child International for Transport for London, £5.75, available from Oxfam Schools Catalogue.
Global Warming: You Can Make a Difference, a 27min DVD with
notes suitable for KS3/4 students. It deals in turn with:
• What
is global warming
• Consequences
of global warming
• Action
at the international level
• Action
at a local level – a case study
• Action
at a local level – how can I make a difference
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