Eco Detectives
Added: 12 Nov 2016
Contributor:
Clare Quigley
Resource type:
Game
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Lesson Plan
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Presentation
An interactive education portal designed to introduce children to the issue of Climate Change and the Environment. This cross curricular resource includes lesson plans, activity suggestions, experiments and online games.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Caring for my locality
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- appreciate that people share the environment with plant and animal life
- develop a sense of responsibility for taking care of and enhancing the environment
- observe, discuss and appreciate the attributes of the local environment
Suggestions for use: The infants resources focuses on biodiversity. Detailed lesson plans integrated across the Geography, Science, SPHE and English curriculum. Activities include fieldwork, exploring and observing the local environment, classifying mini-beasts, sequencing activities and designing and making a butterfly environment.
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Caring for my locality
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become aware of ways in which the environment can be polluted or harmed
- identify and help to implement simple strategies for protecting, conserving and enchancing the environment
- identify, discuss and appreciate the natural and human features of the local environment
- identify, discuss and implement simple strategies for improving and caring for the environment
- realise that there is both an individual and a community responsibility for taking care of the environment
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Caring for the environment
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- examine a number of ways in which local and other environments could be improved or enhanced
- identify and discuss a local, national or global environmental issue
- realise that there is a personal and community responsibility for taking care of and conserving environments
Suggestions for use: The 3rd and 4th class resources focuses on Transport and the Greenhouse Effect. Detailed lesson plans integrated across the Geography, Science, Maths, SPHE and English curriculum. Children will observe and record journeys made in the locality, collect and present data about journeys to school, carry out experiments to investigate the impact of air pollution and plan options for improving transport choices around the school.
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Caring for the environment
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- come to appreciate individual, community and national responsibility for environmental care
- examine a number of ways in which local and other environments could be improved or enhanced
- identify and discuss a local, national or global environmental issue
Suggestions for use: The 5th and 6th Class resources focuses on Climate Change. Detailed lesson plans integrated across the Geography, Science, Maths, SPHE and English curriculum. Children will consider the impact of human activities on the environment, investigate possible effects of climate change and consider possible future scenarios as a result of climate change.
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Caring for my locality
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- appreciate that people share the environment with plant and animal life
- develop a sense of responsibility for taking care of and improving the environment
- observe, discuss and appreciate the attributes of the local environment
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Caring for my locality
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- become aware of ways in which the environment can be polluted or harmed
- identify and help to implement simple strategies for protecting, conserving and enhancing the environment
- identify, discuss and appreciate the natural and human features of the local environment
- identify, discuss and implement simple strategies for improving and caring for the environment
- realise that there is both an individual and a community responsibility for taking care of the environment
Suggestions for use: The 1st and 2nd class resources focuses on packaging and recycling. Detailed lesson plans integrated across the Geography, Science, SPHE and English curriculum. Children will investigate what products are made from, examine the amount of packaging on their favourite foods and begin to consider the impact of their actions on the environment.
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Caring for the environment
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- examine a number of ways in which the local environment could be improved or enhanced
- identify and discuss a local, national or global environmental issue
- realise that there is a personal and community responsibility for taking care of the environment
Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care
Strand unit: Caring for the environment
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- come to appreciate individual, community and national responsibility for environmental care
- identify and discuss a local, national or global environmental issue
- participate in activities that contribute to the enhancement of the environment
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- appreciate the environment and realise that each individual has a community and individual responsibility for protecting and caring for the environment
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- appreciate the environment and realise that there is a community and individual responsibility in caring for and protecting the environment
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- appreciate and respect the environment and learn that there is an individual and community responsibility in caring for the environment and protecting it for future generations
- explore some of the issues and concerns in the local or national community
- recognise how each person has both an individual and a communal responsibility to the community
Strand: Myself & the Wider World
Strand unit: Developing citizenship
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- appreciate the environment and develop a sense of individual and community responsibility for caring for the environment and being custodians of the Earth for future generations
- identify some local issues of concern and explore possible action that could be taken to address these issues
