Workshops
For Primary Schools
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version of our leaflet for Primary Schools.
Science for Sustainability is offering primary schools
the opportunity to take part in a range of educational workshops designed
to support the curriculum at Key Stages 1 and 2, incorporating many subject
areas, including; Geography, Science, Citizenship, PSHE, ICT, Maths,
D&T and Art.
As well as contributing to cross-curricula learning,
workshops also offer specific links to Every Child Matters, Social
and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL), The National
Framework for Sustainable Schools and Eco-Schools.
All schools are given an introductory session to establish the background
context of climate change and sustainable living. Schools can then choose
an area on which to focus a programme or single session of work. Areas
include:
- Waste Minimisation
- Energy and Water Reduction
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Climate Change Conundrums.
Waste Minimisation workshops use the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)
to highlight ways of addressing waste issues in school.
Activities include:
- Bin surveys and 3Rs sorting – investigating
how much waste is generated by staff and pupils in the 3Rs categories
- Waste action plans – using waste data to establish
policies and action plans to encourage sustainable consumption
and waste minimisation in school
- Composting – establishing composting systems
in school and understanding the role of composting in waste minimisation
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Energy & Water Reduction workshops help children understand
where energy comes from and how the school can monitor and reduce the
amount of energy and water used.
Activities include:
- Special Energy Detectives – monitoring energy
use and energy misuse in school (children investigate different
areas where energy may be being wasted)
- Energy/water action plans – using data collected
by the Energy Detectives to establish an action plan for monitoring
and reducing energy and water use to reduce the school’s impact
on the environment AND save money
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Renewable and Clean Energy workshops introduce different renewable
energy technologies and their applications as part of a sustainable
future.
Activities include:
- An introduction to renewable energy - understanding
the role of renewable energy as part of a sustainable future
- Renewable energy demonstrations - providing
a simple introduction to some applications of renewable energy technologies,
(including hydrogen fuel cell cars, solar power and biomass energy)
- Solar Power Scrapheap Challenge - pupils
design, build and race their very own solar-powered car made
from re-used materials. Pupils learn basic principles of solar
energy generation and energy storage
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Climate Change & Carbon Footprints these workshops help pupils to understand some of the wider issues and
debates surrounding climate change, how much energy they use and its
impact on the environment.
Activities include
- Climate change in the news – using media to
investigate current global and local climate change issues
- Mindmapping and debating – helps pupils investigate
the many issues raised by solutions to climate change and debating
introduces ethical questions raised in the attempts to combat climate
change
- Food miles and carbon footprints- Children learn
about the energy used, and consequent carbon emissions involved in
transporting foods around the world. They also learn how to calculate
their own carbon footprint as a way of encouraging local, more sustainable
food and lifestyle choices.
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