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Sustainable mobility, a focus on cycling
Description: The webpage offers access to the learning units and materials developd through an EU project for primary education, on the theme of sustainable mobility with a focus on cycling. The learning activities included are clearly aimed at primary school pupils, however they can be useful as inspiration material to develop practical learning activities suitable for secondary education. Suggestions for mobility projects and material for teachers on educating children to behave safely on road and introducing bicycle in their everyday life.
Tap water in everyday life
Description: A project to encourage students to drink enough tap water in their everyday life.
The canal recovery project
Area: Delhi
Description: Website page in English describing the canal recovery project in Israel (audio is also present).
The energy optimization
Description: Ways to implement energy smart schools and increase awareness of energy optimization among children and teachers.
The patent NBS (Natural Biological System) - how those systems were applied
Area: Delhi
Description: The patent NBS (Natural Biological System) developed by Ayala Water and Ecology offered Delhi and many other locations around the globe a practical, on-site method for the simultaneous purification of soil, water, and air with a negative carbon footprint. The current paper describes how those systems were applied to the on-ground situation after an extensive environmental survey that was conducted to identify the needs and difficulties characterizing the city.
The problem of litters in our seas and coasts
Description: Lesson plans and activities in order to inform students about the problem of litters in our seas and coasts.
Traffic safety and mobility education
Description: Resorces and info that aim to improve the quality of traffic safety and mobility education.
Urban Mobility - Center of Sustainable Systems of the University of Michigan (USA)
Description: This webpage of the Center of Sustainable Systems of the University of Michigan (USA) includes numerous learning material in the form of videos, on different aspects of sustainable urban mobility, such as the role of the private car (how sustainable are new technology hybrid or electric cars), public transport, and other mobility alternatives. Although the videos are mainly related to the USA, the material can easily be employed for learning purposes worldwide. For each video, the webpage offers key information like the grade level considered suitable, duration of the video, and a short description of the topics presented and discussed in the video.
Waste education for different age groups
Description: Interactive resources and lesson plans about waste education for different age groups.
Website by NASA on sustainability
Description: This website by NASA includes children-friendly educational material in the form of articles on numerous topics related to the study of climate change, like energy, atmospheric pollution, impacts to the sea level, etc. In this you can also find games, activities and videos about climate change, greenhouse effect, water and energy.