Welcome to sublimate: Issue #5, DECEMBER 2023 |
Season's greetings climate educators and enthusiasts, Ho, ho, ho-nly a matter of days until the end of term here in the UK! Yule be sorry to miss the tree-mendous opportunities and resources in this issue of Sublimate: - £900+ giveaway announcement - KS2 'liquid trees' holistic education programme
- COP28 themed lesson and resources
- A whole school approach to climate action - free toolkit, school survey and report
- Sustainable craft competition for KS1-KS4
- The Rebooting Education Report 2023 - insights and visions for a green education system
- Schools Geology Challenge
And more! If you enjoy the content, please share it with your networks to spread the word about climate-positive learning! New readers can subscribe to receive future newsletters here. |
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GIVEAWAYS AND COMPETITIONS Climate change education, and sustainable crafts |
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our classroom climate: giveaway - Climate Change learning programme | Create the Future has teamed up with Our Classroom Climate (OCC) to offer one lucky school the chance to win a fully interactive KS2 climate change learning programme to the value of £995! The winning school will receive: - 1 x Interactive, pupil-friendly climate monitor (see image right, bottom)
- 2 x Algal bioreactor starter kits (AKA "pet algae" by pupils, and "liquid trees" by the press)
- Science box - including centrifuge, scales, protective glasses, infra-red torch, and much more!
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- Digital learning programme - flexible learning units, interactive activities, animations and knowledge checks (4 modules, with 24 lessons comprising 11 core experiments, and almost 100 activity ideas)
- Teacher guide
Entries will be accepted from January 2024, when full details of the giveaway will be announced - keep your eyes peeled for our next newsletter and for updates on our website! Follow Create the Future and Our Classroom Climate's social media pages to see more about the giveaway and the OCC learning programme. |
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CRAFTs council: competition - 'CRAFT SCHOOL: Material World' | KS1 - KS4 learners are invited to enter a sustainable crafts competition hosted by Crafts Council. Competition outline: Learners make 3D works in response to three themes: - Renewable Materials
- Creative Mending
- Reclaim and Reuse
Requires 6-10 hours of hands-on making. Winners from each key stage will be selected for an award. |
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Key dates: Register by 14th February 2024 Submission deadline: 19th / 26th April 2024 Judging period: May-June 2024 Online celebration event: June 2024 Why we like it: | - Comprehensive teacher toolkit available immediately
- CPD training, monthly online teacher support sessions, and online resources available to support delivery
- Pupil ownership - submission guidelines offer flexibility for learners to present their ideas in a way that suits them
Curriculum links: Art, DT, Literacy/English. Further scope for Geography, Science, and IT learning. | |
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The geological society: competition - SCHOOLS GEOLOGY CHALLENGE | Open to any students who are currently studying geology, geography or science A-levels (England/Wales/Northern Ireland), or Advanced Highers (Scotland). To enter, students must: 1. Choose a geoscience topic. 2. Present that topic for an online audience. |
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3. Submit their entry online. Key dates: Submission deadline: 2nd February 2024 Finals: 21st March 2024 Why we like it: | - Allows great scope for student ownership and creativity
- Easy-to-follow competition guidelines
- Generous prizes, and financial support for finalists to attend the final in London.
Curriculum links: Geography, Science, others determined by students' presentation mode. | | | |
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COP28 Lesson plan and timeline resources |
| The 28th annual Conference of the Parties (COP) is currently underway in the Dubai, UAE. The programme of events will run through to 12th December 2023. |
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ThE ECONOMIST EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: COP28: investigating numbers |
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Encourage students to consider why it's important for leaders to question the numbers shared at COP with this one-hour lesson on stock and flow from The Economist Educational Foundation. We feel this lesson is ideal for KS3. Why we like it: - Includes easy-to-follow teacher instructions
- Reframes learning at the start of the lesson
- Provides a video featuring a global energy and climate innovation expert.
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Geography, Science, Maths, PSHE, Citizenship. | |
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WE ARE TILT: 'What is cop?' interactive timeline |
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All the key facts which you and your post-16 students may wish to know about the history of COP in one interactive timeline. Why we like it: - Detailed and concise information about each of the 28 COP conferences
- Engaging format
- Includes linked resources for further reading.
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PSHE, Politics, Social Sciences. | |
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A GREEN EDUCATION SYSTEM Thoughts, visions, and experiences of teachers and educators |
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Reboot the future: THE REBOOTING EDUCATION REPORT 2023 | "A transformative vision of the future from teachers". Produced in collaboration with Cambridge University Press & Assessment, OCR, and a coalition of partners, this report presents responses from 7,000 teachers and educators across the UK on how we can create a green education system. |
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Why we like it: - Addresses how sustainability education is about more than the environment
- Includes teachers' views on how to integrate sustainability practices into schools
- Quick and easy to read.
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DRIVE CLIMATE ACTION IN YOUR SETTING Free toolkit, school survey and report |
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Interclimate network: CLIMATE ACTION TOOLKIT | Adopt a whole school approach to climate action using InterClimate Network's toolkit for change. What it involves: - Survey all 11-18 year olds
- Students develop strategic campaigns for climate action using resources provided
- Students and teachers join skills webinars to boost the impact of change in their settings.
Free surveys are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. |
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CHRISTMAS LESSON Earth's Christmas Wishlist |
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create the future: Christmas imaginarium lesson | What might Earth want for Christmas? Help pupils to think of what they can do to help Earth's wishes come true with this Christmas themed lesson for KS2-KS3. Why we think you'll like it: - 60 minute lesson, easily adaptable for shorter timeframes
- Fully differentiated with sentence starters, activity options, challenges, and extensions
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- No download required - open the link, view in full screen, and use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate through the content.
Curriculum links: Geography, PSHE. | |
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Online learning for KS3 - KS4 |
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Mundu: Sustainable Development Goals Learning Platform | KS3 and KS4 pupils can use this resource to "Explore why we find ourselves amid a climate and a biodiversity crisis, examine |
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and clarify complex scientific evidence, define sustainability and explore how all of us play an essential role in contributing to the change needed in our world." Covers 5 topics: 1. The road to Agenda 2030 2. Our planet at risk 3. Energy at the core of the problem and the solution 4. Food production - the other side of the coin 5. A world of opportunities. Why we like it: - Provides invaluable, transferable knowledge for the world of work
- Available also in Italian, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Danish
- Includes a teacher manual for the learning platform, teaching tools, digital skills resources, and best practice videos.
Curriculum links: PSHE, Geography, and more (determined by each SDG). | |
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| | ctF's little lexical lesson |
| 'Iktsuarpok' - the act of repeatedly going outside to see if someone is coming... 👀🎅 Inuktituk (the Inuit language). |
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Postcards 'from the future' Elevate young voices! Use our free postcard resource pack to get your pupils to envision a brighter, greener future for Earth, and consider how their ideas could be achieved. The activity pack includes: - Dyslexia-friendly postcard templates
- Sentence starters and writing prompts
- An imagination exercise
- Activity guidance for adults
Submit your postcards using the QR code provided in the pack to add your pupils' postcards to our online gallery, and your locality to our digital map. The competition deadline has now passed, but we'd still like to expand our online gallery! We're particularly keen to receive entries from outside of the UK - do you know anyone who could contribute? |
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The team at Create the Future wish you and your students a wonderful Christmas break, and a positive and productive New Year... Perhaps you'll even be the winner of Our Classroom Climate's epic giveaway! |
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The resources Create the Future shares in Sublimate are always FREE to access. |
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Create The Future is a voluntary community group based in the UK. |
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