Teacher Introduction
Index of units
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Teacher Introduction
Index of units Unit Core Themes Number 1 Introduction to sustainability 2 Interact with the environment
Key Themes • • • •
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Energy production and use
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Reducing energy use
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Optional Alternative energy 4a
Understanding what environment and sustainability mean Group and personal development Seeing and interacting with the local environment Developing an appreciation for some environmental issues and how they are managed Sources of energy production and use Measuring appliance energy use Introduction to energy auditing Estimating how much energy we use Investigating how to reduce our usage
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What is renewable energy? Creating ways to use energy without negative side effects
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What is embodied energy? What is meant by “food miles” Making informed consumer choices
Optional Embodied energy 4b in what we buy 5
Excursion
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Water flowing around us
7
Using water
8
Our water footprints Optional Water and waste 8a 9
Waste
Optional Waste 2 9a Optional Transport 9b
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Seeing and interacting with the local environment • Developing an appreciation for some environmental issues and how they are managed • The water cycle. • Our water catchment • Water availability in different countries • How much water we use • Ways to reduce our usage • What is embodied water? • Calculating our water footprint • Water re‐use systems – grey water • Sewage treatment systems • Stormwater systems • How much is thrown away as waste? • What is recycling and what can be recycled? • How we can individually reduce our waste • Yet to be developed •
Yet to be developed
Unit Personal Number Eco‐Challenge 10 Introducing the personal eco‐ challenge
15
Calculating Results
Unit Group Project Number 11 Introduction to project design and management 12
Organising events
13
Leadership skills
14
Publicity and communications skills
16
Celebration and evaluating project results
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Why we should take personal action How we can take personal action Agreeing to what action we will take How we will record action undertaken as part of the challenge Why we should take personal action How we can take personal action Agreeing to what action we will take How we will record action undertaken as part of the challenge Key Themes
• What is a project? • What does a project look like? • Research need for your project • Planning your own project • Implementing what has been learnt to complete their own project • What is leadership? • What skills are needed to be a good leader? • How do we communicate? • What are skills needed to communicate effectively? • Dealing with the media • Role plays talking to media • Reviewing what happened and evaluating what was learnt • Learning from mistakes • Celebrating successes