» Values for Citizenship: Environmental Issues

LESSONS

• 1 PLANET EARTH Students are introduced to the environment as a whole - including the natural and living parts as well as those introduced by humans.
• 3 GRUB UP Students explore the idea of natural recycling and the transfer of energy along a very simple food-chain.
• 5 GREEDY GUTS Students look at their diet and compare it with that of less developed countries and with that of their grandparents.
• 7 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Students look at the impact humans have on the environment when they use modern farming techniques.
• 9 WRAP IT UP Students look at how and why food is packaged and consider the consequences to the environment.
• 11 FUEL BILL Students look at the cost of running different appliances in a home and consider ways in which savings could be made.
• 13 ALTERNATIVES Students look at one alternative to fossil fuels.
• 15 DUMP IT! Students look at the problem of transporting and disposing of nuclear waste.
• 17 ENERGY CODES Students audit their school's energy-saving practices and draw up a Code of Conduct.
• 19 WHEELS Students look at different types of transport and assess them in terms of their environmental impact.
• 21 WINNERS AND LOSERS Students consider the arguments for and against building a new motorway bypass.
• 23 PAIN OR PLEASURE? Students look at the problem of noise pollution, starting with the students' own situation.
• 25 FRESH AIR Students consider the things that constitute air pollution and their effect on humans, buildings, plants and animals.
• 27 FLUORIDE Students look at information about fluoride and discuss whether it should be added to drinking water.
• 29 SLICK Students consider the environmental impact of an oil-spill disaster.
• 31 FIRE! FIRE! Students look at the pressure from different groups of people to clear the rainforests.
• 33 WATERY WASTE? Students compare a valley before and after the building of a reservoir in order to assess environmental change and the impact on the local community.
• 35 SPORT OR NATURE? Students look at the conflict between leisure and nature.
• 37 RECYCLING Students look at some of the problems recycling poses for people and think about the ways in which recycling can be made easier.
• 39 AGAIN AND AGAIN Students look at the school's recycling efforts in order to improve or start them if necessary.
• 41 LITTER LOUT Students consider the problem of litter and the distinction between litter - waste dropped in the wrong place - and waste.
• 43 HEAVY METAL Students learn about some heavy metals.
• 45 CLEAN UP YOUR ACT Students learn about the ozone layer - what it does, why it is being destroyed and by what.
• 47 ZOO TIME Students look at the issues surrounding the value of zoos.
• 49 OCEAN DEEP Students look at the oceans as a resource and a dumping ground.
• 51 DISASTER Students imagine they are aid workers and consider how and when they would intervene in an environmental crisis.
• 53 PRESSURE Students look at environmental groups and their different approaches.
• 55 THE BIG ISSUE Students consider their personal response to the main environmental issues that have been looked at in the pack.