Climate Change
Practical Action is a development charity. These educational resources look at the consequences of climate change and some of the actions being taken to reduce its impacts.
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Effects of Climate Change - Images
A number of images from Practical Action showing the effects of climate change and climate change adaptation. The images can be freely used by students and/or incorporated into teaching resources by teachers. The following text describes each of the photographs: • Drought in Kenya means there is little water left for herds…
Climate Change - Who Is in Control?
Produced by Practical Action, this role play activity activity helps students explore who should take responsibility for reducing the effects of climate change. Students use role play involving different perspectives to promote discussion and debate. Designed to take place over two to three lessons, the lesson plans give an overview…
Climate Change Floating Gardens
A hands on activity from Practical Action showing students show to make a model of the floating gardens used in Bangladesh to adapt to the effects of climate change. Instructions on how to build a model of a ‘floating garden’ using very simple material and more information on the project are provided. Further case…
Climate Change Leaflet
Produced by Practical Action, this leaflet looks at the effects of climate change on poor communities and what actions are being taken to tackle it.
Climate Change Wordsearch
From Practical Action, this climate change wordsearch contains all the key words on climate change required for KS4 Science. A great homework or extension activity.
Preparing for Flooding
From Practical Action, these materials can be used to highlight how people are able to prepare for regular or unexpected flooding. They illustrate how the use of simple technologies are helping people in developing countries, such as floating gardens, aqua-cages for contained fish and flood resistant housing.
Climate Change Card Games
From Practical Action, these colourful playing cards can be used for the basis of a range of games and fact-finding activities to help children understand climate change.
Climate Change in Africa
From Practical Action, this video clip shows the dramatic and devastating effects of drought. It tells how a three year drought can be seen as a sign of climate change.
Investigating Climate Change
This activity, from Practical Action, allows children to gather information on people's perception of changes in weather during their lifetime. By interviewing older friends and relatives children can find out about recent changes to weather patterns. They can also think about the reliability of evidence and how data is collected.
Impacts of Climate Change
From Practical Action, these information sheets show the impacts of climate change on countries and real communities. They show how development projects are helping people to cope and adapt to their changing environment.
Where Does My Food Come From?
These activities, from Practical Action, encourage children to think about where their food is produced. The interactive presentation shows children where some common foods are sourced. There is also an activity using food labels to illustrate the source of foods. It could be used as a homework activity to illustrate where the food…
Where Do Tomatoes Come From?
From Practical Action, this activity encourages children to think about food miles and the environmental impact of food production, supply and consumption. Children compare the impact of UK-grown and imported tomatoes.
Where Do Bananas Come From?
From Practical Action, this activity encourages children to think about food miles and the environmental impact of food production, supply and consumption. This activity tracks the issues associated with the supply of bananas to the UK .
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What Is Carbon Dioxide?
From Practical Action, a range of activities which explore carbon dioxide and climate change. Simple demonstrations show the presence of carbon dioxide gas and some of its properties. There are also presentations that can be used with an interactive whiteboard which look at sources of carbon dioxide and how cars make carbon dioxide.…
Food from Source to Sale
This presentation, from Practical Action, is for whiteboards and explains the environmental impact of food production, processing and transport. It outlines different food sources and how choices can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and describes the benefits of growing your own food and choosing local or fair trade foods with…
Measuring the Weather
From Practical Action, this resource shows how to make a series of simple instruments to carry out weather recordings. They can be used to help children take and record measurements, understand the weather and also begin to think about climate change. Children then note weather forecasts and compare them to the actual weather to…
Comparing the Weather
Practical Action have produced these resources to help children understand that different parts of the world have different weather and to begin thinking about climate change. Children compare two sets of weather data (Bangladesh and the UK). This is also an opportunity to discuss the differences between life in two global locations.
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