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Climate, Nature, Global CitiZenship, & sustainability resources for teachers
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCER COURSE
Our knowledge and experience shapes how we think, behave, and interact with others and the environment. The environmental influencer course creates a space for meaningful conversations through which students begin to feel empowered to effect change.
They examine the links between media, public opinion, and politics. We use solidarity to make the case for action and understand power dynamics in the community and how we can use it to effect change.
Students develop a range of skills including critical thinking, creativity, active listening, discussing, debating, expressing opinions, empathy, reasoning skills and identification of bias.
Post Primary GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESOURCE BOOKLET
Full lesson plans and resources for a 12 week course. The workshops received lots of positive feedback from teachers and students and we hope that they prove to be a valuable resource for you and your students. This is a fast changing landscape and it can be difficult to stay up to speed. They are designed so that students and teachers can learn together.
Primary GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP & ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESOURCE BOOKLET
The overarching theme for these lessons is Our Native Woodlands. One way to use this resource booklet is to select a number of lessons that would support this as a weekly or fortnightly theme. Alternatively, you could choose one or two lessons a week and work through the booklet over a term. Or you could always just dip in and out of the resources as you wish.
You can watch the video lessons with your class and stop when prompted to engage in a discussion or activity. However, some teachers like to watch the video first and then deliver the lesson content themselves. Each of the lessons is aligned with learning outcomes/objectives from the Irish Primary School Curriculum. These are listed at the beginning of each lesson and can be copied for your planning. This Padlet was created to provide teachers with extra resources during the summit.
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Plant a Planet Campaign
Climate and nature conversations can help to create a culture of awareness and action. The aim of this campaign is to get 10% of the students and staff in your school planting a tree at home in their own garden. Students raise awareness in their school and community about the importance of planting trees for climate mitigation and adaptation as well as stemming the loss of nature.
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Climate and Nature Summit 2021
During COP26 the ISSN partnered with Education for Sustainability, Fifty Shades Greener, Education Support Centres Ireland, WWF, VOICE and many other organisations to host a Climate and Nature Summit for Primary and Secondary Schools in Ireland. The pre-recorded sessions are still available and the are fantastic.
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Bitesize Biodiversity
Nature made easy! Learn about one new living thing each week. Join a collective group of teachers for 15mins every Monday. We are bringing nature into our classrooms. Let’s reconnect with nature by learning more about the wildlife around us. At the end of the year we want you and your students to be able to identify at least 30 living things and know a little more about them. We'll provide you with a set of resources each week.
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Tips for Senior leadership teams
LAOS 2022 - High effective schools prioritise and promote, as a core value, a commitment to sustainable development. What you model and say as a principal or deputy principal trickles down into the mindsets of your staff team, students and the wider community. Showing visible leadership in sustainability demonstrates to your school community that you care.
