Resources

Debate kit - climate change

This debate kit asks the question: 'Should flying be banned for ten years?', which allows students to consider the social, economic and technical issues around climate change and the effects of human activity. Pupils take on a given role so that they look at the question from a certain point of view.  They share...

Debate kit - drugs in sport

Doping in sport usually means the use of performance-enhancing drugs, but is can also mean techniques like ‘blood-doping’. This debating kit explores the ethical issues around the use of drugs in sport such as possible harm to the athlete and unfairness. Role play gives students a chance to explore the different...

Debate kit - electricity distribution

This kit is designed to facilitate a structured debate about whether electricity pylons should be built in the countryside. The different ‘rounds’ of the debate help students think through the issues and reconsider their opinions. The structure also shows them how to build a discussion and back up their opinions...

Debate kit - food hygiene

This debate kit asks the question: 'Is it safer to eat at home or out at a restaurant?', which allows students to consider communicable diseases are how to reduce and prevent their spread.  Pupils take on a given role so that they look at the question from a certain point of view.  They share their character's role...

Debate kit - food security

The aim of this kit is to show students how complex the issue of global food security is, and to encourage them to begin to consider and investigate some of the main issues surrounding the ethics of food production. Role play gives students a chance to explore the different sides of the issue and compare others’...

Debate kit - IVF

This kit encourages students to consider the benefits of, and the problems that may arise from, the use of hormones to control fertility, including in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Role play gives students a chance to explore the different sides of the issue and compare others’ points of view, as well as considering...

Debate kit - Mars mission

This kit supports a class debate on whether humans should be sent into space on a mission to Mars.

The learning objectives are:

• To practise discussing and debating issues and expressing an opinion
• Understand more of the technical, physiological, social and ethical issues around human...

Debate kit - pandemic prevention

This debate kit, created in 2021 during the Covid pandemic, asks the question: 'Were all groups treated fairly during the pandemic?'. It allows students to consider the social, economic and technical issues around public health and pandemic control. Pupils take on a given role so that they look at the question from...

Debate kit - privacy

This resource focuses on the subject of privacy and provides an opportunity for a structured practice debate on a controversial topic. The different ‘rounds’ of the debate help students think through the issues and reconsider their opinions. The structure also shows them how to build a discussion and back up their...

Debate kit - self-driving cars

This pack has all you need to facilitate a structured debate on the controversial topic of whether the town centre ought to be for self-driven cars only. The structure shows students how to build a discussion and back up their opinions with facts. The pack provides outline guidance for four imagined but...