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Climate change at schools - NASA's Eyes on the Earth
Area: USA
Description: The website of the United States Environmental Protection Agency offers links to educational resources for teachers and students on the theme of climate change, ranging from learning units for teachers on different aspects of climate change (e.g. Climate change and the Water Cycle) to stimulating resources for students like NASA's Eyes on the Earth that presents current information on key indicators (i.e. vital signs) of our planet with regard to climate change. Great variety of resources for students and educators to learn about and teach climate change.
Climate change effects
Description: Activities to help students understand climate change effects on their immediate environment.
Climate change for students
Description: An introduction to climate change for students and resources for educators.
CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from transport
Description: The resourse presents a learning activity for school education, inviting the students to research on CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from transport, and link this knowledge to their own mobility practices by monitoring the CO2 produced by different means of transport they use for travelling to and from school. Although most of the recommended resources presented through QR codes are outdated, they can easily be substituted by current updated resources on the same topics. Moreover, the value of the learning activity is mainly in helping the students discover their own role as citizens, realise their impact in the real world, and explore applicable solutions in their specific context. Ways to help students find available info on carbon dioxide production using different modes of transport and consider ways to reduce production to achieve higher air quality.
Domestic energy saving
Description: It is a brief compendium on domestic energy saving, and how it can influence the containment of greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental education
Description: A variety of lesson plans and activities for children of different ages about environmental education.
Exemple of sustainable urban mobility
Description: The website, available in Italian but with available automatic translation to all EU languages, describes a learning activity for schools on the theme of sustainable urban mobility. The information and resources included (e.g. videos) can be used as an introduction to the concept of sustainable urban mobility in Europe, linking it to current EU policies like the European Green Deal and recent experiences like the corona pandemic's positive impact on reducing NO2 emissions. Unfortunately, the supporting downloadable worksheets are in Italian only.
Exploring water
Description: Workshops, lesson pland and resources to expplore water, wastewater treatment, water conservation and water quality.
Food-related issues at schools
Description: The goal of this manual is to support teachers in primary and secondary schools in including global education methods and food-related issues in their daily lesson planning. The manual is inspired by the experiences and ideas of their colleagues in fourteen countries https://eathink2015.org/en/
Good practeces on sustainable environment
Description: Good practeces, videos and activities to for learning about the sustainable environment and ways to achieve sustainable growth.
How to design and implement volunteer actions
Area: Rijeka
Description: Ideas for teachers to design and implement volunteer actions, visits to waste disposal facilities, illegal landfills, and environmental protection associations