Climate Action
Climate Action
Climate Action is our new core topic and must be one of the three Topics covered in order to achieve a Green Flag Award. This topic covers learning about climate change and its effects, as well as actions that help reduce your carbon footprint.
The Climate Action Topic has natural overlap with all other topics.
Introduction to the Climate Action Topic
This video explains the concept of climate change and it's effects. It then explains why Climate Action is our mandatory Topic, and discuss ideas and examples for how to cover this Topic as part of your Eco-Schools journey.
A full playlist of Eco-Schools guidance videos can be found on our YouTube channel.
Navigating the science behind climate change and the actions which individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint can be daunting for young people and adults alike. Climate Ready Classrooms is a free accredited course on climate change and carbon literacy designed for young people aged 14–17 years.
This SCQF level 4 course is aimed at secondary school pupils looking to develop their knowledge of climate change and understand what positive decisions they can take to address the causes of climate change.
The course includes a notional 20 hours of learning, activities, and assessment. Successful candidates will achieve 2 credits at SCQF level 4.
Interactive lessons to help your class understand what climate change is, its impacts, how we are contributing to this situation and how we can contribute to its solution. Supported with classroom resources and activities.
Resources
An exercise on the carbon Footprint of everyday items adapted from "How Bad Are Bananas?" by Mike Berners-Lee
Interactive lessons for all ages with accompanying classroom resources.
An introductory activity to gauge your group's feelings and experiences of climate action.
Think about how to have a productive conversation about climate change with an adult.
Create a comic strip about the story of a plastic bottle, a marine animal or anything else!
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Find out about community resilience as a context for learning within Curriculum for Excellence
A resource to support educators' practice in learning and teaching climate change.
Explore how different countries contribute to and experience climate change.
Investigate the insulating effect of greenhouse gases over time.
Investigate how greenhouse gases are made and their effect on temperature.
Demonstrate the consequences of sea and land ice melt as a result of global warming.
A list of learning activities and curricular links on practicing responsible production and consumption.
This activity, including a discussion and an experiment, will help pupils learn about how trees help to prevent flooding and pollution and influence our weather and climate.
Interactive lessons and classroom resources all about sustainable living.
Calculate the carbon footprint of the food we eat and see if you can design a low carbon lunch.
How big is your footprint? Challenge yourself to reduce your footprint by changing the way you travel.
A discussion of the impacts of climate change being seen in Scotland
Plot how you would travel to different places using public transport available in your community.
Author and illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo reads her book Flooded, a beautiful story that introduces concepts about climate change and the importance of working together to build strong communities.
Author Emily Gravett reads her book ‘Too Much Stuff’. A great lesson on the importance of changing our relationship with things and the impact that our love for stuff can have on the planet.
Suirbhidh gus fiosrachadh fhaighinn mun sgudal a tha na thrioblaid anns a’ choimhearsnachd agaibh.
Lesson plans on climate justice and solar lighting from SolarAid and Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Introduction to the concept of sustainability using Boardmaker PCS Symbols
Find out how much traffic passes your school. Useful when campaigning for air quality improvements or road safety.
Do you want to make your school more climate-friendly? If so, this guide is for you!
This video will explain the concept of climate change and it's effects. It will then explain why Climate Action is our mandatory Topic, and discuss ideas and examples for how to cover this Topic as part of your Eco-Schools journey.
This webinar from Shout Out UK and FEE gives you the tools to identify and tackle false news and to respond to climate denialism, as discussions about global warming continue to heat up.
Learn the importance of trees as carbon sinks by estimating the carbon content of a tree and discussing the role of forests in climate change. Created by LEAF Ireland.
Effects of climate change on health from the World Health Organisation
See if you can reduce the carbon footprint of your Eco-Committee or Youth Club.
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Climate change and water lesson from Deutsche Welle in partnership with FEE.
In this Sunny Schools unit, children learn about eco-friendly houses and different materials.
Learn how trees help prevent flooding and pollution as part of the water cycle.
This experiment will introduce pupils to the important role of trees and forests in the Carbon Cycle
What is the greenhouse effect and why does an increased greenhouse effect lead to climate change?
