Free open educational resources from the University of Edinburgh to download and adapt for primary and secondary teaching.
Winner of the 2021 OEGlobal Awards for Excellence Open Curation Award for this collection of high quality student made OER on the TES platform.
Free open educational resources from the University of Edinburgh to download and adapt for primary and secondary teaching.
Winner of the 2021 OEGlobal Awards for Excellence Open Curation Award for this collection of high quality student made OER on the TES platform.
This resource is a set of three lessons for children learning at the first SCQF level, inspired by the work of environmental heroes David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg and Poppy Okotcha.
Each lesson begins with a brief storytelling of the person’s work and aims, followed by learning through art and craft activities based on nature and the environment.
These activities encourage the children to consider, imagine and feel empowered to work towards the future that they want for the world. The children can develop their appreciation of nature and the ways in which humans interact with the natural environment. Through activities including nature journaling, crafting planters and storyboard or poster making, the students can apply their creative and observational skills whilst learning about the world.
The resource cover document gives a fully detailed overview of the resource.
Links to the Curriculum for Excellence: EXA 1-03a, EXA 1-05a, EXA 1-07a, TCH 1-11a, SOC 1-08a, SOC 1-09a, HWB 1-24a, LIT 1-07a, ENG 1-31a
This resource was created as part of the GeoScience Outreach Course which is a 4th year undergraduate course in the School of GeoSciences aiming to provide students with the opportunity to develop their own science communication and engagement project.
This resource was originally developed for Gorgie Farm Art School.
Author: Jennifer Gullery, with the supervision of Kay Douglas and Issy Key, adapted into OER form by Alyssa Heggison.
Unless otherwise stated, this resource content is released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Cover image: Cropped version of “Nature” by ChrisA1995 via flickr, CC BY 2.0, with text and logo overlay.
This resource contains PowerPoint slides for a lifelong learning course which introduces different democratic theories and traces the development of modern mass democracy from ancient Greece to the present. The course is intended for adult learners and taught at university foundation level (Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework level 7).
Democracy in Theory and Practice is offered as part of the Short Courses programme at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Open Learning. More information on our Short Courses can be found on our website.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Distinguish different models of democracy and their normative assumptions;
• Apply democratic theories to critically assess political institutions and practices;
• Reflect on the nature of citizenship and identify ways to participate in public life;
• Engage in dialogue about the meaning and value of democracy;
• Present arguments clearly and coherently.
Content
This resource bundle includes nine PowerPoint presentations:
Introduction
Classic Models I: Athenian Democracy
Classic Models II: Civic Republicanism
Classic Models III: Liberal Constitutionalism
Modern Democracy I: Representative Government
Modern Democracy II: The Role of the State
Modern Democracy III: The Global Context
The Future of Democracy I: Alternative Models
The Future of Democracy II: Innovations and Reforms
Author: Max Jaede
All content is released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Cover image: Greek Rally Against Troika, by D. Byrne, CC BY 2.0.
This resource is a booklet with a collection of strategies for improving mental health and wellbeing, a list
of youth support agencies and a section with templates to aid the completion of some strategies.
The target audience for this resource is anyone aged 12+
Aimed at Level 3 and above.
The booklet aims to satisfy the HWB 3-02a, HWB 3-03a and HWB 2-06a benchmarks in the Health and wellbeing curriculum and includes a combination of strategies in different areas:
Sleeping
Stress and anxiety
Self-esteem and body positivity
Socialising
Healthy lifestyle
Online safety
Author: Maria Teixeira-Dias at the University of Edinburgh.
Unless otherwise stated all content is released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
A card game to develop HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) using climate change in the Alps. Learners
discuss whether a fictional ski instructor should exchange his skis for bicycle wheels. Included in this
guide is ‘Meet the Scientists’, about the real climate scientists. For learners aged 11 to 14.
Educational Level 2 - 3
(SOC 2-12a, SOC 2-13a, SOC 2-14a, SCN 2-20b, SCN 2-20a, MLAN 2-09a, LIT 2-02a, LIT 2-08a, LIT 2-09a)
This resource includes:
A practitioner guide (PDF and Word versions)
Details about learning outcomes
Instructions on running the activities
Items to be printed off or photocopied to play the game
A Meet the Scientists section about the real climate scientists who are Richard Fromm, Jack
Schaeffer and Viktoria Engel.
Map board for playing the game on
Presentations
Presentation 1: Setting the Scene: an introduction to Germany, its language and Richard’s
dilemma.
Presentation 2: “Where is that place?” - Map skills
Presentation 3: How to play the Board Game Help Richard decide if he should exchange his
skis for bicycle wheels.
This resource was created as part of the School of GeoScience Outreach.
Author: Kay Douglas.
Unless otherwise stated, all content is released under a CC BY 4.0 license.
Cover image is Aerial tramway La Grave France by NielsB (Wikimedia commons), licensed under CC-BY-SA-3.0.