Practical Action, in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has developed this free online suite of resources to support the 14-19 Engineering Diploma.
It consists of eight practical activities students carry out which r...
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The Renewable World website provides a cross-curriculum resource for Key Stage 3 on the importance of using renewable materials in a world of dwindling resources.
There are detailed work schemes for teachers, developed by education professi...
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The Practical Action website provides teaching resources with a global element for both primary and secondary levels (Key Stages 2 to 4). The website focuses on climate change, renewable energy and sustainability themes with cross-curricular ma...
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Primary Poster Pack
These three posters for primary schools, 'Love It!', 'Respect It!' and 'Grow It!' aim to raise awareness about sustainable development and actions we can take towards living a more sustainable life. They use pictures to tell stories about CAFOD...
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Creating a global learning experience at KS2
Taking a ‘learning journey’ outside of the classroom can serve as a powerful stimulus to engage children with complex issues. This publication shares work from Birmingham primary schools, which participated in the Botanical Journey project at t...
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Energy and climate change, wildlife and habitats, food and farming, and transport are all issues tackled in these beautifully designed booklets. Each one contains background information, presents practical solutions and has information on what ...
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This pack uses the environment as a key stimulus to learn about sustainable development. There are fifteen activities for pupils with special educational needs, each with an outline of the activity, a list of variations and resources. Themes lo...
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The Earth Charter is a declaration drawn up between hundreds of organisations working on environmental and sustainable development issues. It sets out a number of principles for protecting the earth and its people. The Charter website includes ...
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The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth
If every known species on Earth were a leaf on a tree, the tree would have almost 2 million leaves. Humans are just one leaf on this tree of life.
This book is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the incredible variety of life on Earth...
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This website from the World Bank includes sections for both teachers and for young people. The teachers' section includes a helpful glossary of key development terms, such as biodiversity, economic depression, GDP, etc; resource packages, which...
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Conflict, Crime, Development, Economy, Education, Environment, Gender, Globalisation, Health, HIV/Aids, Millennium Dev Goals, Natural disasters, Sustainable development, Trade
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This resource pack for teachers of children aged 7-11 explores needs and wants for survival through the study of food, homes, sustainable development and refugees. It benefits from the use of local and global case studies and examines the need ...
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Education for Sustainability in a Changing World
Wow! I thought I knew a bit about sustainable development, but this book has taken me to a whole new level. The book Rethink Refuse Reduce exposes problems in current thinking about sustainable development, and suggests new solutions. The book ...
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This cross-curricular pack for primary teachers focuses on Rainforests, and their rapid destruction. The pack includes 12 photocards, an A2 poster and a Teacher's Guide book which includes activities, curriculum links, worksheets and background...
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An excellent resource book compiled by teachers from the West Midlands for teaching and learning about sustainable development issues. It was produced in the context of the World Summit on sustainable development in Johannesburg (2002) and high...
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This book was developed from the photographs of the 'Earth from the Air' exhibition. It is suitable for upper primary and lower secondary audiences, and deals with a number of environmental and sustainable development issues. The book features ...
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This little book includes instructions for making toys that can be assembled from household rubbish and simple materials. The instructions have been developed by a toy-maker living in India, who had been searching for ways to teach children who...
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Supporting young children's exploration of issues
An excellent handbook which suggests ways of using storybooks to explore feelings, experiences and issues with young children. A variety of tried and tested activities are illustrated with a range of stories. Three approaches are exemplified....
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This pack from the Association for Science Education, provides ideas for teaching sustainable development in primary schools. The pack includes an introductory sheet 'Understanding and teaching sustainable development', which provides useful ba...
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This active learning resource, from one of Scotland's Development Education Centres, looks at the topic of land. The book introduces the theme through a series of active learning activities, which consider land issues in Scotland and South Afri...
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This is the second edition of a comprehensive book that highlights the main natural hazards and their impact on human developments. It gives short theoretical concepts and uses case studies to guide readers in the sociological and environmental...
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