Sustainable Futures: Innovation Challenge
We (The Royal Academy of Engineering) are inviting young people to become engineers and share their ideas for innovations that work towards a sustainable future for our planet and our…
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The Mathematics of Climate Change
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 these…
What do you want to know about biodiversity loss? (Royal Society)
The Royal Society’s new classroom resources, based on the latest evidence available to scientists, can be used to engage students of all ages in discussions about biodiversity loss. As with…
What do you want to know about climate change? (Royal Society)
The Royal Society’s new evidence-based classroom resources can be used to engage students of all ages in the climate debate. Freely available on our website, these Q&A based resources come…
The Carbon Cycle (European Space Agency)
Carbon compounds are essential to life. A range of natural processes cycles carbon between the ocean, the land and the atmosphere. The key to controlling climate change is understanding and…
Taking the Pulse of the Planet KS4 (European Space Agency)
Satellites offer a unique global perspective on the Earth’s climate. Earth observation satellites take daily images that reveal a wealth of detail about our changing planet and we now have…
Planetary Heat Pumps (European Space Agency)
The sea is incredibly good at storing heat. So good, that just the top three metres of the ocean contain as much heat as the entire atmosphere. The ocean’s ability…
Urban Hotspots (European Space Agency)
The urban heat island effect is a phenomenon that leads to temperatures in cities often being higher than those in surrounding rural areas. This effect is amplified during heatwaves. As…
Country Under Threat (European Space Agency)
Global warming is causing polar ice sheets and glaciers to melt, adding more water to the oceans. Warming water also expands, causing the height of the sea’s surface to rise….
DRY: Diary of a Water Super Hero – (book with teacher notes for primary school)
This book and teacher’s notes were produced by an interdisciplinary team at the University of the West of England, Bristol as part of the NERC-funded DRY (Drought Risk and You…