DevelopmentEducation.ie is an online resource focused on the unequal and unjust nature of the world today. It offers resources to stimulate debate and discussion about the issues and challenges we face and which encourage us to make decisions about the type of world we need and want to create.
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Explore the meaning of sustainable development and examine individual, national and international sustainable development initiatives that have been undertaken around the world. This PPT has a variety of lesson activities that will empower students to actively discuss 'sustainable development'. Lesson activities were created by Scoilnet but inspired by DevelopmentEducation.ie
View full descriptionStrand: 2. Earth and Space
Strand unit: 7. Influences on the Earth's Climate
Suggestions for use: Use the PPT as a lesson guide for your lesson activities.
Strand: 2. Earth and Space
Strand unit: 6. Research Different Energy Sources
Strand: 3. Chemical World
Strand unit: 10. Humans Contribution to Sustainability
Discuss the supply and demand energy trends for the future with this presentation. The presentation guides your class through thought provoking activities. Students will conduct research on the different types of energy sources and debate their informed view on how current and future energy needs can be met.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. Earth and Space
Strand unit: 6. Research Different Energy Sources
Strand: 1. Nature of Science
Strand unit: 6. Conduct Research on a Scientific Issue
Examine evidence and arguments to make judgements on the effects of climate change by carrying out this teacher-created lesson on climate change. DevelopmentEducation.ie provided the argument cards within the PPT.
View full descriptionStrand: 2. Earth and Space
Strand unit: 7. Influences on the Earth's Climate
Suggestions for use: Use the PPT as a lesson guide for your lesson activities.
Strand: 2. How We Interact With the Physical World
Strand unit: 6. Causes & Implications of Climate Change
A PowerPoint presentation with a variety of lesson activities for an hour lesson on global food production. Students will be taken through the process of evaluating how humans can successfully contribute to global food production by identifying the factors that affect food production and examining the meaning the 'sustainable food production'.
View full descriptionStrand: 5. Biological Science
Strand unit: 10. Ecological Biodiversity & Food Production
Suggestions for use: Presentation can be used by the teacher to guide students through the activities within. There are sample solutions to most activities in the presentation.
PowerPoint presentation with activities on the life cycle of food and plastics. Students will discover the food miles traveled by certain foods, how to compost food waste, the properties of plastic, how plastic is disposed and recycled.
View full descriptionStrand: 3. Chemical World
Strand unit: 10. Humans Contribution to Sustainability
Strand: 1. Food, Health & Culinary Skills
Strand unit: 15. Impact of Food Choices:Ecological/Ethical
Strand: Short Course
Strand unit: 2.1 Sustainability
For more resources, teachers can access a directory of organisations supporting the teaching and learning of Education for Sustainable Development below. Each organisation has a vast array of ready-made classroom resources and information to support teachers in teaching students about sustainability.
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