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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 |
Where resources come from and the effects of their use |
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Learn about the different ways electricity can be made and the main ways it is produced in their own country. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Where resources come from and the effects of their use |
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Learn the principle 'Everything gardens or has an impact on it's environment' (e.g. humans, animals, buildings etc.) |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Ways to use less: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle |
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Make things instead of buying them (e.g. toothpaste, lip balm). |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
making an alternative to plastic wrap out of cotton and beeswax (melted into the cloth with a warm iron) |
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Create or improve recycling systems /areas. |
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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 |
Ways to use less: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle |
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Learn what materials are used in different items, how the materials are made and how they can be recycled. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Eco-friendly travel |
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Use an "Eco footprint calculator" app to measure the environmental impact of different forms of travel over a given distance. |
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Using nature's gifts wisely |
Ways to use less: refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle |
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Learn how much waste we produce and where it ends up. |
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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. |
