Geographical Association

Acting out Global Warming

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_CPDGoGreenActing.pdf

A practical activity which involved asking pupils to 'be' different elements in the global warming process. Taken from the online CPD unit Young Geographers Go Green.

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AGENDA 21, EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS: Gardening, a case study

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The chronology and benefits, geographical and whole school, of developing a school allotment garden.

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Argyle Primary School garden photo set

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Five photos of the transformed garden at Argyle Primary School.

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Caring for our World

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_CPDGoGreenCaring.ppt

This PowerPoint Presentation contains some 'big ideas' together with extracts from the GA publication Caring for Our World to illustrate thinking sustainably with young children. Taken from the online CPD unit 'Young Geographers Go Green'.

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Caring for our world: A practical guide to ESD for ages 4-8

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Presents a range of tried and tested real-school exemplars, giving you the confidence to engage and educate pupils in sustainable development.

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Children's work on the wind turbine activity (1)

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Example of children's work on the wind turbine activity.

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Children's work on wind turbine activity (2)

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Example of children's work on the wind turbine activity.

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Curriculum development in 'new times'

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=422

This article is intended to stimulate discussion about the type of geography curriculum appropriate to young people growing up in Britain in the twenty-first century. It starts from the position that there is a gap between the type of geography taught in schools and that taught in universities. This gap is a spur to reflection as to what should be taught in schools. The article provides an historical analysis of curriculum change in geography, and seeks to place these changes in their wider economic and social contexts.

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DEVELOPING GEOGRAPHY THROUGH ECO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_EYPPRRActionResearch5Bown2.pdf

The process and progress of creating an Eco school; including curriculum plans.

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Editorial

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=636

Paula Owens, first guest editor from the new Primary Geographer Editorial Board, introduces the issue.

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Education for Sustainable Development and Citizenship through Outdoor Education: Gardening as a focus

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The process and chronology of integrating sustainability, citizenship into three schools and the community. The research methods and findings of an ongoing project.

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Foundations for Sustainability - Workshop Handout

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_Conf09W13Handout.pdf

This handout was given during Workshop 13 at the 2009 GA Annual Conference: Our new book, written with pupils aged 4 – 8 in mind, is about practical ESD using successful, current examples from UK schools. Lots of ideas, cross-curricular thinking, understanding links to sustainable Schools, ECM and SEAL and a strong case for the role of geography. Come along and engage with ESD!

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Implementing Education for Active Citizenship and Sustainability

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=39

Educators from universities in Portugal, UK, Spain (Balearic Islands) and Finland have set up an EU project ‘Training European Teachers for Sustainable Development and Intercultural Sensitivity’. Its main objective is to foster professional development of European teachers in implementing and integrating the core themes in school practices to meet student needs. This article is based on questionnaire and interview data collected from teachers participating in an in-service training course in Palm. This article highlights the main findings and suggests possible further efforts.

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Little changes lead to big things

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=799

Michelle follows on from her previous article with Ben to describe how the workshop led to work on sustainable futures with year 5 and 6 pupils

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Make my future sustainable! Part 2: Naturally resourceful: could your school be a Transition School?

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=644

David Hicks outlines why schools and communities need to address sustainability issues such as climate change and how we can start to think in terms of choosing preferable futures and taking positive actions.

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Make my future sustainable! Part 3: Wind of change: lessons for campus, curriculum and community

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=645

The final article on sustainability describes how pupils investigated the benefits and drawbacks of their new wind turbine.

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Making Sustainable Energy Real

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_Conf09W25PPT.ppt

This presentation formed part of Workshop 25 at the 2009 GA Annual Conference: Ashden Award winners have made local, sustainable energy happen, in the UK and the developing world. The Ashden Awards, supported by the GA, have developed free educational resources using films of Award winners, and have received excellent feedback. This session will highlight what's new since last year, then use and feedback on the resources.

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Natural vision: inspirational school grounds

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=647

How Moulsecoomb Primary School pupils and teachers worked with the local community to transform their school grounds.

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Owl Homes: Impacts and Outcomes

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_CPDPlaceOwlProjectDiagram.pdf

Owl Homes was a project to improve owl habitats in the school grounds and wider locality. In this PDF you can find impacts and outcomes for campus, community and curriculum.

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Picturing a sustainable future

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=793

David believes that all schools should aim to become 'sustainable schools' given the major changes that lie ahead for the present generation of children now in school. One vital tool in this is the use of future scenarios to prompt discussion on the changes that need to come about to help create a more sustainable society

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Planning outline ideas for a unit: using energy wisely

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A diagram to help you plan a unit of work on energy use. Taken from the online CPD unit Young Geographers Go Green.

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Primary Geographer Autumn 2009

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?issueID=51

The Autumn 2009 issue of Primary Geographer

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Primary Subjects Issue 4 - Geography

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_EYPPrimarySubjects4.pdf

The geography pages from the fourth issue of Primary Subjects, the Council for Subject Associations' publication for primary schools.

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Real or fake Christmas tree?

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_REChristmasTreeMystery.pdf

A mystery activity asking students to decide whether it's better to buy a real or fake Christmas tree.

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Reason statements for higher ability

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Reason statements for the wind turbine for higher ability pupils.

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Reason statements for higher ability

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Reason statements for the wind turbine activity for higher ability pupils.

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Reason statements for lower ability

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Reason statements for the wind turbine activity for lower ability pupils.

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Reason statements for middle ability

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Reason statements for the wind turbine activity for middle ability pupils.

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Recycling iPoster

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Through this resource, your pupils will discover the importance of the three Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – with this new cross-curricular CD.

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Signposts

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=702

Pointers to current exciting resources in the world of primary geography.

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Special People Frame

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A frame created for the use of primary children to note their feelings about 'special people' at home, school, in the wider community, and in the world.

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Summary of Lecture 5: Outdoor Spaces for Children and Young People

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A Summary of Helen Woolley's lecture at the 2009 GA Annual Conference.

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Why Recycle: A Plan of Work for Primary

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_PRYGLeightonPlanofwork.pdf

A plan of work created in the Young Geographers project. Year 5 (to be adapted for Y3). Shows how you can integrate sustainable topics into the curriculum throughout the whole school.

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Why Recycle: Answering Questions PowerPoint

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PowerPoint from 'Why Recycle?', a unit created in the Young Geographers project.

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Why Recycle? Finding Out More PowerPoint

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PowerPoint from 'Why Recycle?', a unit created in the Young Geographers project.

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Why Recycle? Investigating Packaging Worksheet

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Resource from 'Why Recycle?', a unit created in the Young Geographers project. Pupils can use this sheet to record what they have found out about various types of packaging.

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Why Recycle? Material Research Worksheet

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_PRYGLeightonMaterialResearch.pdf

Resource from 'Why Recycle?', a unit created in the Young Geographers project. Pupils can use the form to record which materials can or cannot be recycled.

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Why Recycle? What can we do? PowerPoint

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_PRYGLeightonActivity4.ppt

PowerPoint from 'Why Recycle?', a unit created in the Young Geographers project.

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Why Recycle? Why do we need packaging PowerPoint

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_PRYGLeightonActivity1.ppt

PowerPoint from 'Why Recycle?', a unit created in the Young Geographers project.

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Why sustainability has a future

www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=792

In this article Paula discusses some reasons why sustainability is a relevant part of current primary practice and will be in the future

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