Resources
Climate Change
In this resource students are required to use moving averages to investigate evidence for trends in local temperature change. There are links to the very real political and scientific debates regarding the question of climate change.
Climate Change Overview This brief overview makes...
Climate change is a very complex subject. Scientists from many countries around the world are striving to understand how climate change works and then to try to prepare for the changes that may lie ahead. This...
Parents help their child learn about climate change with this fact-packed guide, giant wallchart, interactive clip-art CD and dedicated website. From what's being done to stop pollution harming life on earth, to why...
'Issues' is a comprehensive reference series addressing contemporary social, political and human issues. Each volume contains a wide range of opinions and information. This volume addresses the ongoing debate...
Climate Change *suitable for home teaching*
This Concept Cartoon on climate change was produced by Millgate House Education and Practical Action. This cartoon helps students explore issues around climate change; what causes it and how it affects peoples' lives around the world. Concept Cartoons are quick, simple and effective. They are designed to intrigue,...
Climate change - concept cartoon
This cartoon helps pupils explore issues around climate change; what causes it and how it affects peoples' lives around the world.
Concept Cartoons are quick, simple and effective. They are designed to intrigue, provoke discussion and stimulate thinking. Concept Cartoons make concepts problematic and provide...
A collection of resources linked to climate change themes suitable for primary aged pupils. Themes include but are not limited to, environmental change, melting ice and glaciers, the greenhouse effect, fossil fuels, green power and sustainability.
A collection of resources linked to climate change themes suitable for secondary aged students. Themes include but are not limited to, global warming, recycling and sustainability, flooding, pollution, renewable energy, the carbon cycle, the greenhouse effect and global goals for sustainable development.
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Climate Change Adaptation - Factsheet for Children and Young People
This fact sheet, from the Climate Change Committee, gives pupils information about climate change in an informative, accessible and sensitive way. It discusses the difference between climate and weather and why the Earth's climate is changing, and points out to pupils that it is OK to feel anxious about this issue...
This collection of resources consists of a set of lessons through which Key Stage Three students investigate the impacts of climate change on glaciers. The learning objectives are:
- To understand the definition of a glacier
- To understand what glacier mass balance means (what inputs mass and...