Science for. Sustainability. Climate Change. Waste & Recycling. Energy Renewables Deforestation and others

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1 Science for Sustainability Climate Change Waste & Recycling Energy Renewables Deforestation and others Schools Programme 2012

2 Science for Sustainability offer schools an exciting array of interactive, educational and inspiring workshops covering all aspects of the environment and sustainability. We cater for Key stage 1*-4 and also post 16 education. We have lots of exciting demonstrations to bring into schools including our solar powered model cars, giant energy snakes and ladders, our very own bike generator and lots lots more! Or if you want a taste of the university campus we can run workshops at our Sustainability Hub or Laboratories. With over six years experience, the team have delivered activities in environmental education and outreach to over 9000 school pupils. Workshops can take place both at Keele and off-site at schools. The workshops are very flexible in content, and we are happy to customise sessions to meet the specific requirements of the audience involved. Our aim is to empower young people with knowledge about climate change, energy use and renewable energy to unleash their potential as energy activists in their own homes and schools. For more information or to book a workshop please contact us at Science for Sustainability Keele University William Smith Building Keele University Staffordshire ST5 5BG Telephone: n.ruston@esci.keele.ac.uk Mark Ormerod Professor of Clean Technology Mark is Professor of Clean Technology in the School of Physical and Geographical Sciences at Keele University. Mark s research is focused on Clean Technology, with a particular focus on making better use of resources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and environmental pollutants, through fuel cells, environmental catalysis and the use of renewable biofuels, particularly animal and vegetable waste. He has been involved in school outreach activity and promoting awareness and understanding of science for 10 years, and regularly gives public lectures on renewable energy, climate change and promoting more sustainable energy Dr Zoe Robinson Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science Zoe is a senior lecturer in Physical Geography in the School of Physical and Geographical Sciences at Keele University. Zoe s teaching includes the causes and consequences of climate change, environmental pollution, and water resource issues. Her research interests include the effect of climate change on water resources in glacial environments, links between chemical weathering and climate in glacial environments, environmental citizenship, and evaluating changes to behaviour through public engagement of science activities. Nicola Ruston Environmental Education Officer Nicola is the environmental education officer within the School of Physical and Geographical Sciences at Keele University. Nicola has a very strong passion for conservation, the environment and raising awareness to students and the wider public through her work. It s Nicolas responsibility to design and deliver the science for sustainability workshops at schools and events across the county and further afield. Nicolas teaching includes the wide range of workshops we already deliver and specific workshops tailored to schools requirements. Over the past 6 years Nicola has taken part in numerous projects in Africa and in the UK engaging with communities, raising awareness and delivery environmental education programmes.

3 Climate Change Waste and Recycling Climate change conundrums (maximum class size 35-KS2 OR 60-KS3&4) ages 10+ This workshop will help pupils to think through all of the different issues associated with some of the more challenging questions posed by issues of sustainability and climate change in terms of sustainability debates. Pupils will be given an introduction to some of the challenging issues around climate change and sustainability, and will then either prepare a debate, taking different stances and perspectives in an argument, or think through and present the range of multi-faceted issues in the form of an interconnected mind-map or a PowerPoint presentation given by the group. Pupils will need to address social, economic and environmental issues in their presentations, highlighting their understanding of the wide ranging issues around the management of our planets resources. The content of this workshop will vary dependent on age group. Mission possible! ages 8+ Climate change is the biggest threat our society has ever faced. Higher temperatures, rising sea levels, flooding and droughts are already a cause for concern both locally and globally. Pupils will explore the concept of global warming, discover how their everyday activities contribute to climate change, find out how they can take action to help slow climate change, and spread the word about the positive changes we can all take. The content of this workshop will vary dependent on age group. How big is your carbon footprint?! ages 7-11 Pupils take part in their own mini carbon footprint survey to find out who has very big eco feet and who are the eco warriors! This workshop helps children learn how to calculate their own carbon footprint as a way of encouraging local, more sustainable food and lifestyle choices. This workshop also introduces pupils to food miles and where our food comes from and its impact on the environment. Children will learn about the energy used, and consequent carbon emissions involved in transporting food all around the world. Pupils will look at where all the ingredients come from to make a pizza! Pupils can also have the opportunity to grow their own vegetable/fruit from a seed. What a load of rubbish! ages 6-11 Pupils learn about different waste streams and the different ways to manage waste through reducing, reusing and recycling, and the potential to use waste as an energy source. Pupils will carry out a waste audit of part of their school in order to develop an action plan to help manage waste and resources in their school efficiently and sustainably. This will involve collecting and weighing the waste in different waste streams and recording the data. This workshop highlights the importance of the waste hierarchy. There will be particular emphasis on reducing and re-using waste. Depending on the ages and ability of the class we will make use of our giant snakes and ladders board and interactive worksheets. The real cost of waste: How do we reduce it? ages 7-12 This workshop encourages pupils to look at the amount of rubbish we produce, its impact on the environment locally and globally, the amount of energy embodied in different waste items, and ways of reducing waste. It also looks at how different countries in different parts of the world reduce, reuse, recycle and recover their waste. Pupils will look at how waste can harm the environment and how waste is treated once it has left their dustbins. Pupils will get the opportunity to come up with incentives to promote ways to reduce the amount of waste being produced in their school and produce posters to communicate with the whole school and its community of parents and governors. Creative waste! ages 5-11 Each of the options below begins with a short discussion to help children understand the issues surrounding waste. Why do we recycle? What difference does it make? Why is it best to try and reduce and reuse our waste? Following this introduction one of the following interactive activities will be undertaken: Monsters vs. aliens A great activity for younger pupils involving making monsters and aliens from otherwise waste materials. This introduces the concept of reusing materials instead of throwing things away. Plastics R Fantastic - Transforming plastic bottles into decorative and useful items from flowers and windmills to birdfeeders. Handmade Paper Pupils make their own unique handmade paper made from old scrap paper and other materials.

4 Energy Renewable Energy Energy detectives ages 6-12 Learning about energy can be a little dull, so we have created a great workshop that is packed full of activities to help children learn about where energy comes from, how much we are using and why we need to save energy. Pupils can try their hand at making a draft excluders, play a game of giant energy snakes and ladders board and test themselves on the pedal power challenge! What s a watt? ages 11+ A great introduction to energy and how much we use. Using our pedal power challenge and individual plug in energy monitors pupils will gain a value insight into the world of energy. Pupils will get a chance to monitor energy and water use in school. Student are assigned different zones in the school to investigate energy and water wastage by students and staff. For a further activity pupils can use data to establish an action plan for monitoring and reducing energy and water use to reduce the school s impact on the environment and save money. Establish policies and action plans to encourage sustainable consumption and waste minimisation in school. The content of this workshop will vary dependent on age group. Solar scrapheap challenge (maximum class size 60) ages 9+ Pupils learn about re-using materials and the use of renewable energy and the associated technologies, and then design, build and race their own solarpowered model cars made from re-used materials, learning about the basic principles of reusing materials, renewable energy, solar power generation and energy storage. This workshop links these issues to core science, as well as helping pupils to learn and develop important design and technology and practical skills. This workshop can help inspire pupils about science and highlights the importance of reusing materials. Renewable energy for the future ages 6+ Wind power, solar power, hydro power.let the team bring along lots of hands on renewable energy demonstrations to your school. The workshop enables young people to think about sustainable energy and what they can do, both in their future lives and right now as influential members of their home and school communities. The content of this workshop will vary dependent on age group.

5 Deforestation Other topics Deforestation: Lights, camera, action! ages 8+ After an introduction to the world tropical rainforests, the impacts of cutting down trees and their importance, pupils will work together in groups to produce a short five minute film based on saving the rainforest. Pupils will produce a story board for their ideas and will have a chance to use and make props for their film. Pupils have to work in their groups to then make a film educating people and making people aware about what s happening to the rainforests. Groups can include; The Tribes-men who live in the forest The Scientists The Conservation organisation The Farmers Disappearing trees (maximum class size 35-KS2 OR 60-KS3&4) ages 10+ Should companies be clearing forests to make room for food crops, energy crops and oil drilling? Should forests be valued on their long term ecological value or their short term monetary value? There are lots of issues surrounding the destruction of the rainforest and this workshop introduces pupils to the problems and people involved. After a brief introduction pupils will use their researching, debating and presentation skills to put their views to the rest of the group. The content of this workshop will vary dependent on age group. Hybrids vs. hummers: life cycle analysis (maximum class size 60) ages 11+ It s time to really find out what makes a sustainable product, hybrid or a hummer? Plastic or paper bags? Pupils will be looking at various products and looking at their environmental impact over its whole lifetime. RESOURCE EXTRACTION, TRANSPORT, MANUFACTURING, USE & DISPOSAL. Pupils will combine researching and presentation skills to understand the complex issues around the design and manufacturing of products in a time where the environmental and sustainability is a high priority for companies. The content of this workshop will vary dependent on age group. Opportunities in sustainability disciplines: careers and employability (maximum class size 50) ages 14+ This workshop introduces students to the concept that sustainability is becoming a huge part of the employment sector outside of the traditional known environmental subjects. Sustainability is being embedding within businesses and organisations across all disciplines and it is important that students are aware of this. The workshop includes a talk, group work and presentations.

6 KS1 Citizenship Preparing to play an active role as citizens 2.e to realise that people and other living things have needs, and that they have responsibilities to meet them 2.g what improves and harms their local, natural and built environments and about some of the ways people look after them KS1 Geography Geographical enquiry and skills 1.c express their own views about people places and environments KS2 Citizenship Preparing to play an active role as citizens 2.a to research, discuss and debate topical issues, problems and events 2.j that resources can be allocated in different ways and that these economic choices affect individuals, communities and the sustainability of the environment KS2 Geography Geographical enquiry and skills 2.b to use appropriate fieldwork techniques and instruments 2.c to use atlases, globes and plans at a range of scales Knowledge and understanding of places 3.b the location of places and environments they study and other significant places and environments KS3 Citizenship 2.1 a engage with and reflect on different ideas, opinions, beliefs and values when exploring topical and controversial issues and problems 2.2 a express and explain their own opinions to others through discussions, formal debates and voting 2.2 b communicate an argument, taking account of different viewpoints and drawing on what they have learnt through research, action and debate 2.2 c justify their argument, giving reasons to try to persuade others to think again, change or support them 2.2 d represent the views of others, with which they may or may not agree. 2.3 c analyse the impact of their actions on communities and the wider world, now and in Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Key Stage 3 2.b use fieldwork skills 2.c use globes, maps and plans at a range of scales Knowledge and understanding of environmental change and sustainable 5.a recognise changes in the environment 5.b recognise how the environment may be improved and sustained KS1 Science Sc2 5.c care for the environment Sc4 1.a about everyday appliances that use electricity Knowledge and understanding of environmental change and sustainable 5.a recognise how people can improve the environment or damage it, and how decisions about places and environments affect future quality of peoples lives. 5.b recognise how and why people may seek to manage environments sustainably and to identify opportunities for their own involvement. KS2 Science Sc2 5.a about ways in which living things and the environment need protection Sc4 1.a to construct, incorporating a battery or power supply and a range of switches to make electrical devises work the future KS3 Science Sc2 3.a that plants need carbon dioxide, water and light for photosynthesis and produce biomass and oxygen Sc2 5.a about ways in which living things and the environment can be protected, and the importance of sustainable. Sc2 5.b the habitats support a diversity of plants and animals that are interdependent Sc3 2.i about possible effects of burning fossil fuels on the environment and how these effects can be minimised Sc4 1.a how to design and construct series and parallel circuits, and how to measure current and voltage Sc4 5.a about the variety of energy resources, including oil, gas, coal, biomass, food, wind, waves and batteries, and the distinction between renewable and non renewable resources. Sc4 5.b about the sun as the ultimate source of most of the earths energy resources and relate this to how coal, oil and gas are formed. KS3 Geography Geographical enquiry and skills 1.e appreciate how peoples values and attitudes including their own, affect contemporary social, environmental, economic and political issues, and to clarify and develop their own values and attitudes about such issues Knowledge and understanding of places 3.e to explain ho places are interdependent and to explore the idea of global citizenship Knowledge of environmental change and sustainable KS4 Citizenship Key processes 2.1 a question and reflect on different ideas, opinions, assumptions, beliefs and values when exploring topical and controversial issues and problems 2.2 a evaluate critically different ideas and viewpoints including those with which they do not necessarily agree 2.2 b explain their viewpoint, drawing conclusions from what they have learnt through research, discussion and actions, including formal debates and votes 2.2 c present a convincing argument that takes account of, and represents, different viewpoints, to try to persuade others to think again, change or support them. 2.3 d assess critically the impact of their actions on communities and the widerworld, now and in the future, and make recommendations to others for further action. Range and content 3. i policies and practices for sustainable and their impact on the environment 3. n the challenges facing the global community, including international disagreements and conflict, and debates about inequalities, sustainability and use of the world s resources KS4 Science (Single science) Sc1 Scientific enquiry 1.d to consider the power and limitations of science in addressing industrial, social and environmental questions, including the kinds of questions science can and cannot answer, uncertainties in scientific knowledge and the ethical issues involved. Key Stage 4 5.a describe and explain environmental change and recognise different ways of managing it 5.b explore the idea of sustainable and recognise its implications for people, places and environments and for their own lives Breadth of study 6.j environmental issues including i) how conflicting demands on an environment arise ii) how and why attempts are made top plan and manage environments iii) effects of environment planning and management on people, places and environments KS3 Design & Technology 3.d the impact of products beyond meeting their original purpose and how to access products in terms of sustainability Sc2 Life processes and living things 4.b how the impact of humans on the environment depends on social and economic factors, including population sizes, industrial processes and levels of consumption and waste 5.c about the importance of sustainable Sc4 Physical processes 4.b about the efficient use of energy, the need for economic use of energy resources and the environmental implications of generating energy 4.d how energy is transferred from power stations to consumers (Double science) Sc1 Scientific enquiry 1.d to consider the power and limitations of science in addressing industrial, social and environmental questions, including the kinds of questions science can and cannot answer, uncertainties in scientific knowledge and the ethical issues involved. Sc2 Life processes and living things 5.b how the impact of humans on the environment depends on social and economic factors, including population sizes, industrial processes and levels of consumption and waste 5.c about the importance of sustainable Sc4 Physical processes 5.b about the efficient use of energy, the need for economic use of energy resources and the environmental implications of generating energy 5.j how energy is transferred from power stations to consumers

7 Science for Sustainability Keele University William Smith Building Keele University Staffordshire ST5 5BG Telephone: Climate Change Waste & Recycling Energy Renewables Deforestation and others