Exploring sustainability at secondary

Discuss, examine and reflect upon environmental sustainability with secondary students using this collection of lessons, activities and games

Tes Resources Team

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Lessons, activities and engaging games to stimulate critical thinking and reflection about sustainability

As our presence on the planet continues to have impact on a range of important biological systems, it is no surprise that sustainability has remained a cross-curricular focus. As well as being all-encompassing in the classroom, it is at the forefront of young peoples’ minds as they think about their future and the next generation.

To help your secondary students understand the importance of sustainability and biodiversity, we’ve gathered together a selection of stimulating lesson ideas, activities and games from the Tes community for you to explore.

Lessons

A range of lesson presentations and ideas to help you to define sustainability, explore sustainable living case studies, discuss sustainable manufacturing and agriculture and introduce ways to reduce our carbon footprint and live sustainably with your students.

RSE PSHE Assessment
EC Resources

RSE PSHE Assessment

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RSE assessment quiz, created as one of the end of term assessment options for Year 7. This lesson is taken from the new EC Publishing Complete PSHE package which can be found on the EC Publishing website. The PNG files are the previews. The PowerPoint quiz is in the zipfile. The file is editable. ...
Sustainability Lesson
lsshales

Sustainability Lesson

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A great whole class lesson. Learners are to work in teams/pairs. Each group of learners is to be given a factsheets. Learners are then to be given a large sheets of paper and condense the information down to onto the paper using limited words. (10 words works well) Fact sheets are removed and lear...
Sustainability
tiddtalk

Sustainability

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Lesson Objective: Assess how one named city in the developed world is reducing its eco-footprint by reducing energy consumption and waste generation. L/O 1: What does sustainability mean? L/O 2: What can we do to reduce our Eco- footprint? CHALLENGE: Using examples, expla...
Sustainability - Full Lesson
H Louise

Sustainability - Full Lesson

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Students should be able to explain about sustainability. Each activity aims to build upon students understanding of the importance of sustainability. **Learning Objectives** * To be able to explain what sustainability is and what the three pillars are. * To be able to explain the 17 Sustainable ...
Sustainability
EC Resources

Sustainability

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**Sustainability - why do we need to consume our resources responsibly? ** A detailed, editable 1 hour lesson all about sustainability and the reasons why we need to consume our planet's resources responsibly. Created to fit an 'adaptive teaching style' the lesson is influenced by Rosenshine's pr...
Introduction to Sustainability
designandtechnologyondemand

Introduction to Sustainability

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Introduction into sustainability, finite and non-finite resources and the impact these resources have on our planet. This video will cover many key points that could appear within your Design technology exam. The video has been designed for easy Design Technology revision. Ideally for both Design T...
Sustainable Agriculture
SimpleGeography

Sustainable Agriculture

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This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at how the pressure on agriculture can be reduced through simple methods such as lab grown...

Activities and games

Engage your secondary learners with a game designed to get them working together to create a sustainable living space, let them explore sustainability with an escape room challenge or introduce the topic of renewable resources with a comprehension activity.