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Featured Activity: Who Lives in the Ice

This weeks featured activity looks at the people live in cold places in the world today? Who are they, and how do they cope with these extreme environments? Use this activity from our Ice World Mission Series to find out who they are, think about what a day in their life would be like, and […]

Climate Change Activity

This weeks featured activity is about climate change and it’s impact on the physical and human geography of the UK. Life will be very different if our geography keeps changing as a result of climate change. Get your students involved in finding out how different things could be and what they can do about it. […]

Featured Activity – Who Lives in the Ice?

This weeks featured activity looks at the colder places in on the globe and the people that live there. Do people live in cold places in the world today? Who are they, and how do they cope with these extreme environments? Find out who they are, think about what a day in their life would be […]

Where Does Your Food Come From?

This weeks featured activity gets us thinking about how far the food we eat has come (food miles), how much energy that uses and how we can eat go about eating local and seasonal produce.

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle! – Make a Poster

This weeks featured activity looks at the amount of waste we generate and where we can decrease this to save energy. Making a poster is a great way to get pupils to think about how to communicate what they have learnt durning the activity This activity is in two parts and aims to increase awareness […]

Energy Activity: Energy Questionnaire

This weeks featured activity is taken from our “bite-sized” activities included as part of the Iceworld Mission. How and where is energy used in your home? The more energy we use, the more greenhouse gases are created contributing to climate change. How can we save energy? Pupils will create Home Energy Questionnaires to print/write out and take home, or […]

Energy Activity: What Uses Energy at Home?

Our current featured activity is for our energy series from the Iceworld Mission. It’s a chance to take a look at how and where is energy used in your home? The more energy we use, the more greenhouse gases are created contributing to climate change. How can we save energy? Create a poster listing items that […]

Make a Bee Friendly Garden

This week’s featured activity is all about bees. Bees are a vital part of a garden – without them many flowering plants would not be able to reproduce. The activity gets you building a home for some solitary bee

Give the Birds a helping hand

Our latest featured activity is the next in the series of our Dustbowl activities. If you want to see more birds in your garden, why not use this activity to see how you can help. Throughout the year, birds spend much of their time foraging for food. During winter months especially and the breeding season, […]