<p>This activity looks at the food we eat and where it comes from, providing a basis for looking at how much energy goes into getting our food from A to B, and exploring how this might be reduced. This activity is in two parts, one for pupils to complete at home individually and one to complete as a class or in small teams at school.</p>

<p>This Roots &amp; Shoots activity looks at the food we eat and where it comes from, providing a basis for looking at how much energy goes into getting our food from A to B, and exploring how this might be reduced. RootsnShoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s international Education Programme for young people.</p>

<p>This Roots &amp; Shoots activity is about looking at what sort of animals live in cold, icy conditions, and what special adaptations or features they have that allow them to do so. Students should understand the differences between these animals and the ones that are native to their own local environments.</p> <p>RootsnShoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s international Education Programme for young people. It inspires practical, positive action for people, animals and the environment.</p>

This Roots & Shoots activity is about identifying the difficulties wildlife can face during cold weather, and how students might be able to help them through these. RootsnShoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s international Education Programme for young people. It inspires practical, positive action for people, animals and the environment by developing an understanding of how important a healthy planet is to human survival. A free resource pack is also available for teachers who register their school at www.rootsnshoots.org.uk

<p>This Roots &amp; Shoots activity is about the impact of climate change in history. Your students will be looking at the period referred to as the ‘Little Ice Age’, and the conditions people of the time lived in.</p> <p>Climate change is not just something that might happen, but something that HAS happened in the past!</p> <p>RootsnShoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s international Education Programme for young people. It inspires practical, positive action for people, animals and the environment.</p>

<p>This Roots &amp; Shoots resource asks pupils to consider: 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 like, and imagine what they look like.</p> <p>RootsnShoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s international Education Programme for young people. It inspires practical, positive action for people, animals and the environment.</p>

<p>This activity is in two parts and aims to increase awareness amongst students of how much less waste they can generate by making small efforts to restrict it. They should also be able to promote the principles they learn about to friends and family based on the work they carry out for the activity.</p>

<p>This resource teaches that maintaining and protecting green spaces is vital. They provide refuge for many species in a world that is constantly being developed and exploited. By developing a wildlife friendly green space, pupils will create a haven for animals, birds and insects.<br /> RootsnShoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s international Education Programme for young people. It inspires practical, positive action for people, animals and the environment.</p>

<p>Jane Goodall’s Roots &amp; Shoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s Education Programme for young people. It provides teachers with a set of free, educational resources and aims to inspire practical, positive action for people, animals and their local environment.</p>

<p>This activity is about looking at who live in dry, dusty environments. With low diversity of vegetation and wildlife, how do they cope with living in these environments? Find out who they are, and how they live. The main things your students should take away from this exercise are the differences in everyday aspects of life.</p>

<p>This activity is about looking at what sort of animals live in dry, dusty environments, and what special adaptations or features they have that allow them to do so.</p> <p>The main things that students should take away from this activity are the differences between these animals and the ones that are native to their own local environments.</p>

<p>This activity is all about the plants and animals that inhabit European forests. Its a great opportunity to get outside with your class into local woodland, or even a local stand of trees! Students will conduct a biodiversity survey, discovering the types of trees that make up a forest, and the other plants and animals that live there.</p>

<p>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 like, and imagine what they look like.</p>

<p>This Roots &amp; Shoots activity is about looking at what sort of animals live in dry, dusty environments, and what special adaptations or features they have that allow them to do so. Roots &amp; Shoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s international Education Programme for young people. It inspires practical, positive action for people, animals and the environment.</p>

<p>Forests are used in many different ways; people use them for leisure and fun, and as a resource. This means that there are jobs based around all these things that people do. This activity will encourage students to realise that there are lots of industries based on forests and woodland, with many people working in this area and dependent on forests for jobs.</p>

<p>Thousands of years ago, large parts of the world, including much of the UK, was covered by huge ice sheets. Despite these harsh conditions, many animals still survived. In this activity, students will find out what animals lived during the Ice Ages, how we know what it was like, and investigate how the animals coped with the cold climate.</p>

<p>This Roots &amp; Shoots activity is all about saving energy. The more energy that we use, the more greenhouse gases are created, contributing to climate change. RootsnShoots is the Jane Goodall Institute’s international Education Programme for young people. It inspires practical, positive action for people, animals and the environment.</p>

<p>This activity is about raising awareness of how energy is used in the home. The more energy that we use, the more greenhouse gases are created, contributing to climate change. In this activity your students will think about where energy is used around the home, produce a poster listing what items use energy in the home and discuss which items are used the most.</p>

<p>This activity is about looking at the conditions that effect how well seeds grow in different types of soil. This activity can be run over different lengths of time, from as short as a week to as long as a month.</p>

<p>This activity looks at how to make your green spaces wildlife-friendly, and why it’s important to consider wildlife and the environment when creating a garden. You and your class will plan and make bird feeders, which can be observed to spot what birds come to feed at them.</p>

<p>This activity is all about how forests have changed over time. It will introduce the concepts of deforestation and reforestation, and will encourage your class to think about the impacts of both on the environment locally and across the wider world.</p>