Fact and Work sheets
Fact sheets 12 to 14
1.1 Main Forms of Travel: Advantages and disadvantages of travelling by road (privately and by public transport), rail and air.
1.2 Transport Networks: Advantages and disadvantages of the UK's road, rail and air networks.
1.3 Eco-travel Environmentally friendly ways to travel by foot, bicycle, public transport and car.
2.1 Sustainable Development Why we build; types of buildings; old, new, redeveloped and eco-buildings.
2.2 Community Issues Urban planning; green and brownfield sites.
2.3 Tradespeople and Materials Types of building trade professionals (e.g. architect); using sustainable building materials.
3.1 Types of Pollution Definitions of waste and pollution; land, air and water pollution; how it impacts on people; what can be done.
3.2 Protection of Ecosystems What is an ecosystem; what affects ecosystems (e.g. pollution, deforestation); protecting ecosystems.
3.3 Local Sourcing Buying locally and growing your own produce.
3.4 Global Warming and Climate Change Changing weather patterns; the greenhouse effect; global warming; impact of climate change and what is being done.
4.1 Energy Generation How non-renewable energy (coal, gas, oil, nuclear power) and renewable energy (sunlight, wind, water, hydrogen, geothermal) is generated.
4.2 Conserving Energy Conserving electrical energy; conserving heat energy; types of insulation.
4.3 Water Water wastage; water conservation; water facts.
4.4 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle How to reduce, reuse and recycle; what can be recycled; how recycling works
5.1 Community Spaces What is a community; examples of community spaces and places (e.g. libraries, parks).
5.2 Neighbourliness Being a good neighbour; neighbourliness in schools; anti-social behaviour.
5.3 Public Services Local government; public services (health care, education); emergency services.
Glossary A comprehensive list of sustainable living related words with clear and concise definitions.
Work sheets 12 to 14
1.1 Main Forms of Travel
Activities in which students consider the advantages and disadvantages
of different forms of travel.
1.2 Transport Networks
Activities in which students think about how they make use of networks
and consider the impacts of congestion.
1.3 Eco-travel
Reflection activities based on the fact sheet and considering cycling
in the local area.
1.4 Additional Activities
Includes a checklist for bicycle maintenance and an activity for students
to consider alternative modes of transport for places they regularly travel
to.
2.1 Sustainable Development
Activity in which students devise a regeneration scheme for a local disused
building or piece of land.
2.2 Community Issues
Activity looking at local urban planning and how it could be improved.
2.3 Tradespeople and Materials
Activity in which students research the manufacturing process and tradespeople
involved in glass production.
3.1 Types of Pollution
Comprehension questions based on the fact sheet and activities based
on the effects of pollution.
3.2 Protection of Ecosystems
Activities based on food chains and investigating the effects of a disaster
on an ecosystem.
3.3 Local Sourcing
Activities in which students work out the 'food miles' of one of their
meals, and create a seasonal recipe book.
3.4 Global Warming and Climate Change
Activity in which students consider their own carbon footprint and how
it could be reduced.
4.1 Energy Generation
Activity in which groups research an energy source and present findings
to the class.
4.2 Conserving Energy
Word search based on energy conservation.
4.3 Water
Activity in which students research and write a newspaper story about
how water reaches people in developing countries.
4.4 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Activities in which students match recycling symbols to descriptions
and then design their own symbol.
5.1 Community Spaces
Activities in which students create diagrams showing how the communities
they belong to are connected, and investigate a local public building.
5.2 Neighbourliness
Activities in which students consider the people involved in a crime,
and think about neighbourliness; the work of charities; and anti-social behaviour
in their local area.
5.3 Public Services
Activities based on local public and emergency services.
Fact sheets 14 to 16
1.1 Sustainable Travel What are the issues; ways to be more sustainable when travelling.
1.2 Traffic and Congestion What is congestion; how it's managed in the UK and abroad; consequences of managing congestion.
1.3 Eco-Travel and Technology Activities in which students consider how travel has changed and investigate eco-friendly travel.
2.1 Sustainable Schools Summary of the Government's sustainable schools agenda and how this relates to school buildings
2.2 Regeneration What is regeneration about, examples and case studies of regeneration projects/areas.
2.3 Planning a Community Community planning; carbon neutral buildings.
3.1 Pollution and Waste What is pollution; what happens to waste; waste as energy; government actions.
3.2 Responsible Tourism Benefits and criticisms of tourism; being a responsible tourist.
3.3 Ethical Consumerism What is it; case study (the supply chain of bananas); fair trade; Fairtrade Schools.
3.4 Climate Change What is climate change; the greenhouse effect; what is being done.
4.1 Renewable Energy Advantages and disadvantages of solar, wind, water, hydrogen and geothermal energy.
4.2 Supply Chain The supply chain; from raw material to consumption using coffee as a case study.
4.3 The Recycling Process What is recycling; the recycling process; issues around recycling.
5.1 Community Cohesion Equality and diversity; human rights; the judicial system; cohesive communities; what influences cohesion; cohesive schools.
5.2 Community Action Working together towards change; supporting the local economy.
5.3 Governance in the UK UK government and elections; how people and organisations influence government policy.
Glossary A comprehensive list of sustainable living related words with clear and concise definitions.
Work sheets 14 to 16
1.1 Sustainable Travel
Activities in which students consider their own journeys and how they
could use more eco-friendly modes of transport.
1.2 Traffic and Congestion
Activities in which students consider advantages and disadvantages of
congestions zones, and look at how congestion is managed in the UK and another
countries and cities.
1.3 Eco-travel and Technology
Activities in which students consider how travel has changed and investigate
eco-friendly travel.
2.1 Sustainable Schools
Activities in which students consider how their own school could be made
more sustainable.
2.2 Regeneration
Activities in which students consider local regeneration projects and
the effects of regeneration on a community.
2.3 Planning a Community
Activity in which students design an eco-town.
3.1 Pollution and Waste
Activities in which students research how waste is managed within their
school and in other countries.
3.2 Responsible Tourism
Activity in which students consider the benefits and drawbacks of eco-tourism.
3.3 Ethical Consumerism
Activity in which students investigate the supply chain of a product
and create a plan for getting Fairtrade certification for their school.
3.4 Climate Change
Discussion questions regarding the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
and an activity requiring students to consider what they feel the climate will
be like in the future.
4.1 Renewable Energy
Activities in which students research a renewable energy source, consider
use of energy sources around the world, and look at hydrogen as a fuel source.
4.2 Supply Chain
Activity in which students act out roles of people involved in the coffee
supply chain.
4.3 The Recycling Process
Activities focused on recycling issues, comparing recycling in different
countries and researching the recycling process.
5.1 Community Cohesion
Activities based on equality and diversity.
5.2 Community Action
Activities in which students look at the case study of Heathrow Airport
redevelopment, considering how they spend money in the local community and
set up a LETS scheme within their class.
5.3 Governance in the UK
Activities in which students investigate local government and community
issues.
