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
Plastic Free Oceans – as you sow
Big corporations that use billions of tonnes of single-use plastic a year globally are a BIG part of the single-use plastic disaster, but as this video shows, when shareholders demand…
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…
January 1, 2019
A Plastic Ocean Assembly for KS3 – ppt file
A Powerpoint presentation made by students of Haydon Eco Club. The students created and used this as part of their KS2 / KS3 Transition Project. For more information about the…
Haydon School Eco Club
Karen Norton and her students ran an amazing project with her Eco Club that not only raised awareness and understanding of the issues associated with single-use plastic, it also helped ease student's transition from Primary to Secondary.
Karen has kindly written up the project as a case study so that other schools can learn from their experiences and possibly run their own Kids Against Plastic transition initiative. Use this link or the Download button to to view the case study write up.
There is also a ready-made Powerpoint file (as shown in the image above) that students can use as a guide for their own presentations.
https://www.kidsagainstplastic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Kids-Against-Plastic-Case-Study-V1.pdf
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
Laundry ball that catches nasty microfibres
'Cora Ball' was inspired by corals that filter ocean water. This laundry ball will help capture microfibres when you do your laundry. It can even pick up hair. This nature-inspired…