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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Handcrafts |
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Celebrate and exhibit handcrafts. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil |
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Go through the classroom and chart or graph visually the materials that different items are made of - to see how many are made out of plastics using fossil fuels. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil |
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Write a poem or essay from the perspective of a prehistoric forest that has turned into oil and then plastic, and then what happens? |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil |
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Learn what oil is, where it is used and ways to use less. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil |
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Hear stories about migration to connect with the reasons and impact of migration of people and animals e.g. winter migration, refugee migrations. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil |
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Learn that natural elements (like a forest) modify global and local climate. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil |
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Learn that energy from the sun is stored in fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Fossil fuels, climate change and peak oil |
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Make a stop-motion animation or a time-lapse video about climate change. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Finding solutions for sustainable living |
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Visit a place where people are cultivating high biodiversity (e.g. permaculture farm) and a place where there is low biodiversity (e.g. a monoculture field). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Finding solutions for sustainable living |
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Cook local, organic food using a renewable resource (e.g. wood fire, solar cooker). |
