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Pupils from Oakgrove Primary School will be taking their unique performance of Wangarĩ’s Trees for Peace to the Scottish Parliament on 21 September, International Peace Day. Here Ellis Brooks from the Quakers shares their project.
How do animals, plants and people adapt to water availability? How does water affect where we live? Is everyone’s right to water being met? Explore this and other questions using this topic planner.
David Maxwell, QIO, shares Dumfries and Galloway’s vision for enabling Learning for Sustainability across all education settings and schools.
David Innes, GTCS Convener and vice chair of ‘Aberdeen for a fairer world’, offers a brief guide to the standards and highlights the important role Scotland’s five DECs have in supporting professional learning in this area.
This is an introduction to mathematical modelling. Pupils are encouraged to engage in an inquiry to answer a question using a method analogous to the way in which models are used to make public policy decisions.
Neil Crutchley, Development Worker with Dundee’s Arts and Communities Association, explores creative ways to support youth action on environmental protection.
Use a timeline to explore the amount of time it takes for a variety of materials to decompose and therefore have varying impacts on the environment.
Aims
- To gain an awareness that different materials take different times to decompose.
- Reflect on the varying impacts different materials have on the environment over time.
As we are finally waking up to the realisation that our plastic habit is destroying the planet, it is imperative that we educate our young people about responsible consumption. Diana Ellis, from Wosdec, reports.
Science and STEM subjects provide a useful context for learning about both the science of plastic and the ways we can make a difference. Julie Brown from Practical Action shares their Plastics Challenge resources.
Encourage learners to explore the Sustainable Development Goals and think about which themes are most important to them. The activity is suitable for level 2 and upwards.
