This inspiring picture book retells the story of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg—the Swedish teenager who has led a global movement to raise awareness about the world’s climate crisis—using allegory to make this important topic accessible to young children. Greta is a little girl who lives in a beautiful forest threatened by Giants. When […]
Cycling rules the road in Amsterdam today, but that wasn’t always the case. In the 1970’s, Amsterdam was so crowded with vehicles that bicyclists could hardly move, but moms and kids relied on their bicycles to get around the city. PEDAL POWER is the story of the people who led protests against the unsafe streets […]
The video series explains common topics in climate change discussions in a student-friendly way. The first video gives an overview of the science behind climate change and the second video explains the concept of “tipping points.” Organization: Science Museum Group Tracing its origins from the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Science Museum has pioneered interactive […]
Rocket is off to the islands to visit her grandparents. Her family loves nothing better than to beach comb and surf together… but the beach is clogged with trash! When she finds a turtle tangled in a net, Rocket decides that something must be done! Our young activist’s enthusiasm brings everyone together… to clean up […]
Instead of recycling the Christmas cards you’ve received this year, upcycle them and create these terrific trinket boxes! They’d make great gift boxes for next Christmas! (Source) Organization: #LifeGoesONline The Life Science Centre is part of the Centre for Life science village – a cutting-edge place in the centre of Newcastle where scientists, clinicians, educationalists and […]
The video provides information on the Energy Tree which has grown out of a shared commitment to hands-on learning, the need to reduce energy consumption, and the desire for equal access to clean energy for all. Organization: We the Curious We The Curious is an idea and a place for everyone. We’re all about asking questions, […]
These activities revolve around student-developed solutions to world hunger. Included below are videos that focus on food waste. Students are shown pictures of sustainable actions they can take to reduce food waste. An accompanying activity involves a matching game where students match images with actions they can take to help global hunger. The overall challenge […]
This activity has an introduction video that informs students of the threats tropical plants are facing. The students are shown a series of photos that show various threats to plants. Students are asked to identify these threats. The big challenge students are presented with is to design a comic strip (drawn by hand or on […]
This activity is introduced using a video on how animal species are in danger of extinction because of human activities. There is a matching game for students where they investigate how they can protect life on Earth. The main challenge is for students to design and deliver a presentation outlining their answer to the question: […]
In this activity, students learn what the threats to temperate plants are and how they can help. It features a video for students to find out their challenge is to design either a table-top or digital game to increase awareness of different threats to temperate plants.