This is a course of fun, easy to follow lessons which educate, inform and inspire young people to affect change in a world where plastic pollution is at a critical level. We are in a time when people, globally, should celebrate and honour our planet, whose land and sea connects us all. Working together, we can and will protect our shared Earth. Each well structured 60 minute lesson brings to life key elements in an engaging and experiential ‘hands-on’ way to encourage learning and understanding. The workshops, and accompanying factsheets, are designed to lead the students through a process of learning to understand how damaging waste plastic is and where it comes from, so as to inspire them with the motivation to do something about the problem in their daily lives. This course is in conjunction with Earth Day 2020. (Suitable for ages 6 -12) Course Lessons The Hazards of Plastics Where it Begins Earth Day Why do we need to Recycle? Reusing Plastics Offsetting Plastic Use Time to Act Quiz Time Oath to the Earth Fact Sheets Ten Shocking Facts About Plastic Pollution How Much Disposable Plastic Do We Use? What is Earth Day? Why do we need to recycle? Reusing Plastics Making a Herb Garden Waste Decomposition Rates The Plastic Bank Where does litter come from? Quiz Answers and Review Oath to the Earth Promises Workshops Elastic Band & Animal Impact Puzzle Class Rubbish Audit Landfill in a Bottle Earth Day Stones Recycling Poster Chandelier/Herb Garden Making A Message to the Adults Plastics Quiz Oath to the Earth

The flower pot design project aims to teach students about different cultures, conservation, climate change, design and global citizenship. Schools will receive terracotta plant pots via the AWF made by villagers living in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Students will design their own terracotta plant pot based on different cultural pot designs from around the world. Students will have to research the different cultural designs individually and adapt the research into their own designs. Students can also sell their designs afterwards (see AWF's fair trade and entrepreneurship program).

Deforestation around the world is occurring at a massive scale especially in Sri Lanka. The most dramatic impact is the loss of habitats and ecosystems for millions of species. The lesson plans use interactive learning to teach students about the importance of ecosystems, plant biology, climate change, carbon offsetting, global citizenship and the carbon cycle. Students will choose a tree to plant from the list provided. For every tree planted in a UK school, a tree will be planted in Sri Lanka through the Atlantic Whale Foundation. The ‘Root Network’ links the two projects together.

The lesson is designed to provide an introduction to how fair trade works and its benefits on a global scale. Through the case study of the AWF’s True Fair programme we show pupils how truly fair trade can provide for whole communities and can bring education, a better standard of living and effective conservation to some of the poorest parts of the world. It also exposes the children to the ideas of entrepreneurship and allows them to put their ideas into practice through coordinating a sale of True Fair products.

The sensory garden treasure hunt project aims to teach students about the importance of ecosystems, plant biology, climate change and global citizenship. The lessons incorporate interactive learning by including field (outdoor) based activities. The lesson plan document outlines the activity in more detail. A worksheet document is included so students can complete the different activities.

Climate Change What you can do to help

These worksheets are designed to help students understand how our world is changing and what we can do to help conserve it. Recycling; climate change; global warming.

Climate Change Carbon Offsetting Renewable energy

Critically evaluate views that are not their own, global governance and explore issues relating to human rights, refugees, immigration and sustainable development.

In many forests around the world humans are cutting down lots of trees. This is destroying our planet and the animals that live in the rainforests. AWF have set up the ‘Plant a Tree, Fund The Dream’ Program to help rebuild our forests whilst funding children in Sierra Leone through education. Story, Crossword, Wordserch, Activity sheets, Fact Sheets, Rainforests, Deforestation, Endngered Species...

AWF Storybooks, Cultural Cooking, Craftwork for a Cause, Cultural Exhibition, Sharing Shoeboxes, Sharing Stories, A Day in the Life, Weekly Questions, Game exchange, Show and Tell Worldwide, My Favourite Toy, Organise a Fair, Cultural Cooking, Fair Trade Morning/Day/Week, Sharing Stories, Create your own Wordsearch, Nature Trails, Fin Shot Recognition Game, Class Fundraising, Weekly Questions...

What is a Global Citizen?, Why is it important to become a Global Citizen?, How can I become a Global Citizen?, Ways to get involved, How to use the website, A tlantic Whale Foundation, Environmental Sustainability, Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases, UN Millennium Goals, Gender Equality, Sierra Leone, Dragonfly Project.

Instructions for the construction, placement and relaying conservation initiatives of implementation.

Understanding that the physical and human dimensions of the environment are interrelated and together influence environmental change, Sustainable development, Word Search, Create a nature trail, Fin Shot Recognition, Calculating Carbon emissions, Organise an Enterprise Fair, Alternate lifestyles, Respecting the differences between people, Create shoeboxes, Creative writing opportunities, A Day in the Life of, Explore different cultures through artistic means, Jewellery Making, Challenging Stereotypes, Reflect critically...

Sustianability, habitats and global citizens. FUNdraising activities to help support a community in Sierra Leone.

In this worksheet, keywords are fitted into sentences to educate children about the Black Rhino. There is a fun wordsearch to follow using the keywords from the sentences. This is a useful revision tool.

A fun educational wordsearch designed to encourage children to learn about the humpback whale using key words. It can also be used as a revision tool.

This research is a fun wordsearch using key terms about the Blue Whale and can be used as a revision tool.

A mathematics resource, with division problems. Using questions about the size and weight of the big whale and the answers also give the students some fascinating facts.

An activity resource sheet where the children match up the key terms and defiantions of the whales anatomy. They can then Label the key words on the diagram. Also includes solution.