KS1-Designing for sustainability and the environment
This list supports learning about sustainability and the environment with 5-7 year olds. It provides ideas for ways of introducing concepts including sustainability, environmental issues, the 6 Rs, energy and waste in a way that younger pupils can understand. Activities will also help pupils consider the wider impact of design and technology, including within their own designing and making.
The Environmental Curriculum - EYFS and primary
This teacher handbook looks at opportunities for educators to introduce environmental education across the EYFS framework and primary national curriculum for England. It looks at the curriculum and gives examples and case studies of how teachers can explore environmental issues with their students, including within D&T.
Exploring Energy
Ten activities for primary pupils that investigate environmental issues including: the greenhouse effect, recycling, sustainable energy sources and thermal insulation. The activities promote investigative work and communication skills and include: carrying out an energy audit, recreating the greenhouse effect, making recycled paper, investigating insulating materials and carrying out a traffic survey. Teachers' notes are provided within the pack.
Food Waste Challenge
Through this challenge pupils will develop their understanding of how food waste contributes to climate change. Pupils will have the opportunity to identify potential problems or areas where an invention could help reduce the amount of food we waste, before designing their own invention and evaluating and suggesting improvements to it.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
This STEAM activity gives pupils the opportunity to explore recycling through the creation of paper planes. Pupils will draw on their knowledge of everyday materials and drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share ideas as well as learning about the work of a range of artists.
Waste Investigators
This pack contains a range of activities based on the theme of waste including: the environment and pollution, recycling, separating materials, waste degradation, and digestion.
World's Largest Lesson
This website promotes the use of the 17 global goals for sustainable development in learning so children can contribute to a better future for all. The website includes resources and activities for teaching each of the 17 global goals.
Practical Action
This website has a wide variety of resources on different issues relating to sustainability and the environment.
Explore the Global Goals – 17 activities for Primary Schools
These teacher notes and classroom handouts designed for primary schools will support understanding of the 17 global goals for sustainable development.