A teaching resource (lesson plan / learning flow) designed to help children observe and consider the effects of carbon dioxide on temperature. Pupils will learn about the greenhouse effect/ global warming and how scientists consider that the increase in carbon dioxide and other gases contributes to the increase in global temperatures. They will then complete an 'observing over time investigation' to show the effects of carbon dioxide on temperature.
https://www.kidsagainstplastic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Effects-of-CO2.pdf
October 24, 2019
Eliminating problem plastics… by 2020!
The UK Plastics Pact are tackling the issue of problematic or unnecessary single-use plastic, changing how we make, use, reuse and recycle these items. 2020 is fast approaching... just over…
April 21, 2019
Get drastic with your plastic
Here are five easy ways you can reduce how much single-use plastic you use.
April 11, 2019
KS2 Upper – Workshop 4 – Learning about plastic
Teacher Resources from The Environment Agency We're delighted to be able to share these Teacher Resources aimed at pupils in lower Key Stage 2. It is the fourth workshop in a series of four…
April 11, 2019
KS2 Lower – Workshop 3 – Learning about plastic
Teacher Resources from The Environment Agency We're delighted to be able to share these Teacher Resources aimed at pupils in lower Key Stage 2. It is the third workshop in a series of four…
February 3, 2019
KS2 Plastic Hazard
A 'hands-on' (or should it be 'bands-on') practical lesson looking at how certain man-made material hazards (litter) can restrict an animal's ability to feed properly. Curriculum coverage NC references Working Scientifically using straightforward…
February 3, 2019
KS2 Feeding Time
A stimulating and practical KS2 lesson to demonstrate the problems plastic and other harmful materials might pose for beak feeding animals (who accidentally ingest them when they 'grab' feed). Curriculum coverage NC references Working…
November 2, 2018
The Story of Microfibres
Learn about the hidden horror that are man-made material microfibres - tiny pieces of plastic clothing fibres that get washed out of our clothes, and into our waterways, each time we wash…
November 2, 2018
What’s the problem with microfibres?
Every time we wash clothes that are made from man-made fibres they shed tiny micro plastics that make their way through our water treatment plants and into our oceans when…
October 7, 2018
12,000 tons of rubbish collected from an Indian beach
Volunteers have removed an astonishing 12 million kilograms (nearly 12,000 tons) of plastic from a short stretch of a Mumbai beach. But their efforts will be in vain unless the…