Session Six: Footprinting and recycling
Objectives
After Session Six, students should understand:
- That all their activities depend on resources from the Earth
- That use of resources can be measured as a "global footprint"
- That most people's footprint is greater than the "fair share" and that this is unsustainable
- That they can reduce, re-use and recycle waste to reduce the size of their footprint
National Curriculum Links Key Stage 2
- Geography:
- 2a Geographical vocabulary
- 5a Improvements and damage to the environment
- 5b Managing environments
- 5e An environmental issue
- PSHE/Citizenship:
- 2a Topical issues
- 2j Allocation of resources
- 5d Choices and decisions
- English
Links to DCSF/QCA Schemes of Work
Activity 30 could link with Geography Unit 10 "
A Village in India "
Activity 32 could link with Geography Unit 8 "
Improving our Environment "
Lesson plan, procedures, teachers' notes
Activity 31 Earth is Everything
Exercise showing that all activities are utlimately linked to resources available from the Earth.
Activity 31
Procedure (26KB, doc)
PowerPoint Earth is everyThing mini
presentation (892KB, ppt)
Activity 32 Global foot print presentation
Explains what a global footprint is and how we need to live more sustainably.
Activity 32
Procedure (24.5KB, doc)
PowerPoint Global footprints
presentation (76.5KB, ppt)
Activity 33 Personal foot print calculation
Students and teacher calculate their own footprint size.
Activity 33
Procedure (24KB, doc)
Footprint
cards (21,17kb, pdf)
Scorecards (75.5KB, doc)
Activity 34 The Three R's
Discuss the hierarchy of the Three Rs - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Activity 34
Procedure (24 KB, doc)
Three Rs
worksheet (583KB, pdf)
Activity 35 Internet games
Fun activity to reinforce the message on living sustainably.
Activity 35
Procedure (583KB, doc)
Activity 36 Three Rs poster
Designing a poster to spread the Three Rs message.
Activity 36
Procedure (583KB, doc)
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