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Action Renewables has created a website packed full of games, ideas, worksheets and information on energy and related topics that can be used by teaching professionals and students alike.
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Green Flag for Development worked with a group of practicing teachers and educationalists to produce classroom materials to bring a global dimension to the Eco-Schools topics. They have activities suitable for all key stages, which you are welcome to adapt and make your own - ranging from PowerPoint presentations, comparative locality studies and games. Each section offers Teachers' Notes to guide organisation and delivery.
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The Pod is an interactive website for teachers and Eco-Coordinators. It provides high quality cross curricular teachings resources, activities and games as well as a place to share ideas and showcase your work. The Pod works in collaboration with Eco-Schools England to ensure all activities will help a school progress through the Eco-Schools process.
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CBBC’s Live 'n' Deadly is a hugely popular wildlife and adventure show with a mission to get kids outside and closer to wildlife. As well as videos and games there is a free teachers pack containing practical and engaging lesson plans about wildlife for Primary teachers.
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Bee Scene supports teachers to facilitate learning outside the classroom, enabling children to explore the varied nature on their doorstep. Last year hundreds of school students surveyed their local patch for bumble-bee friendly plants. See the results, download free resources, order hard copies of resources, or find out more about taking part in next year's survey.
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Help your students learn about science and nature. Find lesson plans and worksheets for teaching about life processes and living things and activites that encourange scientific enquiry skills.
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Learning outside the classroom can be fun, memorable and healthy. Empty Classroom Day takes place in the summer term and is a project developed to encourage learning outside the classroom, to enable pupils to experience the benefits of learning outside.
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Their website for primary teachers and pupils includes Captain Splosh to help children understand more about water. Anglian Water also provides purpose built education centres and a mobile education centre which covers the Anglian region.
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ARKive is the ultimate multimedia guide to the world's endangered species. Whether you are a teacher or a student, explore and search for videos, photos and facts about the world’s endangered biodiversity and conservation issues. Fun and educational, ARKive hosts a collection of interactive games and puzzles as well as learning resources that can be used in a range of science subjects.
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The BES is an active organisation for anyone with an interest in ecology. The website has links to a wide range of publications and papers as well as a vast array of information surrounding ecology.
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The Conservation Volunteers (previously known as BTCV) is a charity set up in 1959. Amongst other things they can offer advice and training on many practical conservation issues
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The Comino Foundation has funded a portfolio of materials to support teachers in their teaching of environment and climate change issues. The Foundation recognise that many teachers have received no training in these issues. The core portfolio called 'Climate Futures' is now on the Internet. Whilst this site is subscribed to by 25,000 teachers, the Foundation through CSE, has agreed that the Climate Futures materials can be accessed and downloaded without charge.
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The School Tree Nurseries Programme aims to help children in schools learn about the environment and to plant trees in order to restore their degraded habitats. The programme currently works with schools all over the UK.
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The Eden website has a Schools & Colleges section which promotes the work Eden is doing and hosts ideas for teachers alongside information on school visits, teacher training courses and the opportunity to link into the international school gardening programme, Gardens for Life.
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WWF are the world’s largest and most experienced independent conservation organisation. They are a charity that addresses a wide range of issues including environmental education.
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This is a website designed by HTI (a charity linking business and education) and SevernTrent Water, offering tools to help you carry out an environmental assessment of your school.
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The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. One of its key aims is to see more and more people enjoying trees and woods as part of their everyday lives. To support this, the Trust has developed a series of high quality learning resources and projects for schools, created in partnership with teachers and tested by children.
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The National Trust is a charity completely independent of government. Best known for looking after historic buildings and houses they also protect a wide range of landscapes and open them up to the public.
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The Great Plant Hunt is an ideal resource to help children aged 5-11 learn about plant-based science. All the teaching resources are available on the website. Activities are clearly mapped to the national curriculum and tailored to each year group with opportunities for different age groups to work together. Broad themes include: the variation of plant life and different habitats (biodiversity); plants as living organisms; the importance of plants in everyday life.
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Southern Water will provide small financial grants for schools within the Southern Water region (Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) to develop environmental initiatives within the school. The type of project that will be supported include gardens (preferably water efficient), wildlife gardens, ponds, environment clubs.
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Get your whole school involved in our Wildlife Action Awards. These awards are easy to take part in, and each pupil, class or year group receive awards for the actions they do. Your entire school will also be rewarded for its combined effort.
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The Roots & Shoots program is run by The Jane Goodall Institute (jgi) and is about making positive change happen through empowering young people with the inspiration and tools to make a difference - for our communities, for animals and for the environment.
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The RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Campaign for School Gardening aims to encourage and support schools to create and actively use a school garden. It provides a wealth of help and ideas for schools and pupils in order to get them gardening. The website includes lesson plans and activities that are linked to all the Key States of Primary National Curriculum and Foundation stage.
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The Big Wildlife Garden is operated by Natural England, the government’s statutory conservation advisor for England. The site recognises the fact that gardens represent an important area of natural habitat for many species, and that gardening in a wildlife friendly manner can considerably increase the diversity of plants and animals in every garden. The Big Wildlife Garden is free for anyone of any age to join and is open to individuals, schools or community groups.
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Garden Organic is committed to getting people growing. We offer advice and information on issues relating to organic produce and gardening, with a range of resources for schools.
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Discovering Our Countryside brings the world of farming and the countryside right into the classroom; a firsthand introduction and explanation of how food gets from fields onto our tables, all year.
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Sharing with children the excitement of growing vegetables from seed, and cooking tasty, healthy food. Secret Seed Society aims to spread the fun of growing and cooking your own food with children.
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In the past hedges were used as larders of healthy seasonal food. The Hedgerow Harvest project seeks to reconnect people to this heritage of free local healthy food. Hedgerows are fruit-full not only in food but inspiring us to understand our sense of place within the world, providing a range of real learning opportunities. We hope that schools will be able to take inspiration from this website and make use of the downloadable resources to support them in bringing the curriculum to life.
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Founded by wildlife conservationist Jules Howard, this website contains links to free resources for teachers and environmental educators to develop and enhance their teaching of environmental education.