Member : GA Early Years and Primary Committee
Their world of the future? Ks1 and 2Gain an adult perspective on the future
of a planet of seven billion and rising and discover practical resources to help provoke discussion with pupils about their world of the future.
Play a simulation game to children in different roles thinking about others' perspectives.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaxqUDd4fiw
Last One Standing! Game you can play with children
Can you be the Eco champion?
Easiest to do Hardest to do
Biggest difference Least difference
The world is, has and will always change There are different agents of change –
human and physicalConsequences – intended/ unintended/
unforseenChange can be good/bad/neutral;
there are winners and losers
> Think of a familiar environment.
Probable, preferable futures...http://teaching4abetterworld.co.uk/futures.html
Future positive
Future negativeWe’re losing the ‘old ways’
Progress is good
You keep up You’re left behind
You like change
You struggle with it
Our view of the future? Technology, basic skills, countryside areas, young people, food culture...
The Futu
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Every Child Matters
SEF (s3 is a Sustainable School Self-evaluation)
Sustainable schools by 2020 – 8 Doorways
Eco Schools
“We should live on earth as though we are intending to stay for good not just the weekend”
“…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs”
Bruntland Report, Our Common Future, 1987, OUP.
Where we are today
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum/nationalcurriculum2014/b00220600/consultation-national-curriculum-pos/draft-pos-subjects
http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/national%20curriculum%20consultation%20document%20070213.pdf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/mar/19/geography-climate-change-unjust Esha Marwaha is the organiser of a petition to keep climate change on the geography national curriculum for children up to 14 years oldAims: Relationship between human and physical processes,
interdependence, change and spatial processes.
http://studentzone.roehampton.ac.uk/ru-outdoors/index.html
http://vimeo.com/44516949
Food, clothes, waste, energy and waterPractical Action website> Climate Choices: fairtrade, food miles, ‘Jemima’s story
“If we are not to overwhelm pupils with the world’s problems, we should teach in a spirit of optimism. We should build success stories into our curriculum and develop awareness of sources of hope in the world” Huckle J (1990) Environmental Education: Teaching for a sustainable future” in Dufour, D (Ed) The New Social Curriculum, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
“No problem, environmental or otherwise, should be taught about at any level in education without concomitant emphasis on positive strategies for its resolution”Hicks, D (1998) ‘Stories of Hope: A Response to the ‘Psychology of Despair’’ in Environmental Education Research Vol 4 No 2 pp165-176
BBCGuardian 1Guardian 2
Which number person were you?The fastest growing countries?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2xOvKFFz4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4HxPxNrZ0
Image: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/31/seven-billionth-baby-born-philippinesA baby girl named Danica Camacho has been chosen symbolically as the world's seven billionth baby. Photograph: Erik De Castro/AFP/Getty Images
If the World were a village video
Can we relate this to children’s lives?
http://nrich.maths.org/7725&part=note
Use post it notes to show this in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2U4mN10gQ
POPVILLEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2U4mN10gQ
http://www.toby-ng.com/graphic-design/the-world-of-100/
Role play in groups – everyone starts with ten points. Pick two cards. Choose type of house and place to live near. Choose three ways you will care for the world. Pick a way you will travel. Be ready for the natural and man-made disasters that may befall you!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/PADGETT-Giant-City-Play-Mat/dp/B003N7ERP6/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url
Remember to start with ten points
Role play in groups – everyone starts with ten points. > Choose type of house. > Choose a place to live near. > Choose three ways you will care for the world from the selection. > Pick a way you will travel – bicycle, bus, car (small or 4x4), train.
Be ready for the changes that may befall you!
1 point: If you
recycle.
1 point: You know
where your clothes are
made.
1 point: If you have a meat free
day.
Lose a point
unless you use a
bicycle.
1 point: If you live in a house built with natural materials
Flood Alert: Lose two points
if you have water
nearby!
Snow alert: You can’t get to work
unless you drive a 4
wheel drive.
1 point if you grow your own
food.
Cold snap!2 points gained if
your house has only one
floor.
2 points from
harvesting fruit and
vegetables!
Lose a point if you have
taken a flight in the past year.
1 point: Save
money by re-using plastic
2 points: Your flowers
win a change town
award!
1 point if you go for a healthy country
walk nearby.
Lose a point if
you have not
donated old
clothes.
1 point if you use
both sides of your paper.
1 point away unless your house is brick as it needs less heating!
You use renewable
energy from wood to
light a fire 2 points for
you!
Lose a point unless you
have recycled batteries correctly.
Lose a point
unless you walk on
Wednesdays!
2 points away as you are hungry
because of bad weather if you grow
food.
Your wooden
house does not need air con so gain
a point.
Your bicycle gets stolen so you are
late for school – lose
a point.
Your bicycle
gets returned by the police – get one back!
2 points away if you
have a colourful
house as it needs a repaint.
Your gutters are full of
leaves so it leaks in if you live
near trees! Lose a point.
Your 4x4 needs more petrol – lose two points!
Gain a point if
you choose less
packaging.
2 points away if you
live in a castle as you get a
huge repair bill!
Lose a point if you live
near a road as you get woken by the noise.
Your bus and train fare gets
more expensive – lose a point.
Your house is detached
– lose a point as
your heating bill
is more expensive!