Life Science Centre has an experiment for you to try at home to learn more about ocean acidification. The increasing amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is making our oceans more acidic, which is affecting the creatures that live in the water.
This interdisciplinary approach using STEM/ STE(A)M subjects involves the learners being ‘hooked’ by a plea from the head of their Council to design a new school sustainably. Ideas of fair trading and fair testing are explored in the resource. It comprises five sessions: auditing your…
An interdisciplinary/STEM approach to the concept of Ecological and Carbon Footprint is adopted with the aim of shaping pupils’ sense of responsibility and awareness of the impact of our daily actions on our planet. a ‘Gift to the Earth’ has three to four sessions seeking…
Kind Clothing is a project written for Girl Guides and for pupils age 10-14. Any groups looking to achieve their ‘Global Awareness’ guiding essential can use Kind Clothing as part of their programme, and it covers topics such as Sustainability, Environmental Issues and Practical Skills….
A board game created by educators and climate scientists at the University of Edinburgh. While playing learners develop their HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) and discuss whether a fictional ski instructor, Richard Fromm, in the Bavarian Alps, should exchange his skis for bicycle wheels. CfE…
The resource explores how and why sea levels have varied over the last tens of thousands of years, and the effects this had both at the time and today. Topics covered include: glaciation, global warming and its potential consequences, and isostasy and its effects. CfE…
Climate Change is one of the biggest issues that we are currently facing, but did you know that there is actually a lot of maths behind it? Check out our resources to see some of the number crunching that Climate Scientists do in their fight…
Use this engaging online book to share the science behind water shortage and drought in the UK and how we can change our behaviour to protect our water supply in our changing climate. Then use your imagination to enter the DRY & Waterwise competition to…
Our City Our Future emerged from ClairCity, an EU research project that sought to include citizens in decision-making processes around clean air and climate change across Europe. Over 3,500 children and young people were involved during the course of the project from 2016-2020, taking part…
This investigation is for teachers working with pupils aged 8 – 14 years old, we provide free downloadable classroom resources (pupils workbook, teaching guide and classroom presentation) to support your learners to use the scientific method to investigate microorganisms and climate change. Easter Bush Science…