On Thursday 4th August, Miss Stack and I met 8 very excited girls and their parents, bright and early outside Windsor Castle! Earlier this year, Dr Jane Goodall had asked if some of the girls from JAPS would join her at her conference to present their Roots & Shoots work in the form of a […]
It seems like another lifetime since I read ‘In the Shadow of Man’ at the age of 9, and various later stages since. I’ll always remember how enthralled I was by Dr Goodall’s story. How she had somehow managed to transcend the species boundary (and become integrated as part of a wild chimpanzee troop). I […]
This activity is one of our Gombe Activities, and is all about looking at how the work of your students compares to the work of The Jane Goodall Institute in Tanzania. In this activity your students will: Look at the people, animals and environment of the Greater Gombe Ecosystem and compare them to your local area. Write first-person accounts […]
Elephants are intelligent gentle giants, and one of the most recognisable and well-loved animals on the planet. Most people are familiar with them through wildlife documentary films, photographs and – if you’re really lucky – having actually met one! They’ve often been mistreated in the past, hunted for their ivory tusks, mistreated as tourist attractions […]
Upon arriving at the National Geographic Kids magazine offices, I was greeted by the small team who work on the magazine, website and social media accounts. I was given several copies of the magazine and engaged in a conversation about how they plan the layout of the magazine; how they entice customers to purchase the […]
This activity is one of our Iceworld Activities, and is all about looking at how much energy we use at home, and how we can try to use less. The more energy we use, the more greenhouse gases are created contributing to climate change. How can we save energy? Pupils will create a poster listing items that use energy […]
We need energy to power our lives; everything from our mobile phones to our fridges to our schools and hospitals rely on energy to power them. It gets our food moved from farm to plate, and helps us get to work and on holiday. But energy from non-renewable sources such as fossil fuels are not […]
This activity is one of our Dustbowl Activities, and is all about being aware of how much water we each use, and waste, every day. The average person in the UK uses 153 litres of water per day! Lots of this goes on washing and flushing toilets, and lots more is wasted through tripping taps, overfilled kettles and […]