Climate change teaching resources

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Use our curriculum-based lesson plans, games, activities and films to explore climate change with your pupils: from its causes and impacts on people and the planet, to the different approaches for managing our response to it.

KS2 lessons

This series introduces KS2 learners to the causes of climate change and its consequences for our planet, and explores different ways in which we can manage and adapt to its impacts.

KS3 lessons

These lessons introduce KS3 learners to the causes of climate change and its consequences for our planet, and explore different mitigation and adaptation techniques.

The series ends with a decision-making exercise, giving students the opportunity to critically appraise different approaches to addressing a problem from communities where WaterAid works.

KS4 lessons

This series of six lessons has been developed to meet the criteria required by GCSE exam boards (Edexcel, AQA and OCR) for learning about climate change.

Lessons explore human and natural causes of climate change, the scientific evidence, the social and environmental consequences of climate change, and different approaches to mitigation and adaptation.

The series ends with a decision-making exercise, giving students the opportunity to critically appraise different approaches to addressing a problem from communities where WaterAid works.

Films

Our series of films helps explain the complex topic of climate change to young people, introducing its causes and effects – both on the planet and on people’s lives – and exploring how WaterAid works with communities around the world to manage its impacts.

Suitable for pupils in Key Stages 2, 3 and 4, as well as youth groups and home study, these videos can be used as standalone lessons to introduce each topic, or to support existing work on climate change.

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