Climate Change - Sustainable Sport in 2050 (KS3 Unit of Work)

Geography/Humanities unit of work centred on climate change, and the impact climate change will have on Sport in the future.

Students will learn about the process of climate change & why it’s a problem for sport. They will then investigate how sports can, and is fighting back to reduce its carbon footprint and become more sustainable. This will be followed by a look into how COP26 will impact on sports into the future. Literacy is a big component of this, with students accessing many articles to aid their learning.

Following this, students will work in groups where they select a sport & create a detailed, informative report which investigates sustainability in the sport. This project will take multiple lessons to put together and is an assessed piece of work (rubric included).

Finally, the groups will then present their reports to the rest of class (and maybe some guests!), which is also an assessed task.

Outline of unit is as follows:
Lesson 1 - what is climate change?
Lesson 2 - Why is climate change a problem for sports?
Lesson 3 - How can sport fight back?
Lesson 4 - Sport & COP26
Lesson 5-8 - Sport in 2050 Reports
Lesson 9-11 - Report Presentations