Climate Change Activities KS2 KS3

Eco & Climate Change Workshop

Suitable for Year 3 to Year 8.

Climate change is probably the biggest issue that will affect today's children, and is now a significant cause of anxiety to them. But, knowledge is empowering. In this fun and hands-on sustainability workshop for schools, children will become climate scientists in their own classroom and work together to discover the facts about global warming, and the impact of humans on nature. They then explore the many things that they as individuals and communities can actually do about it. It is created and delivered by Dr Helen, child-friendly scientist, who has a PhD in Palaeoclimatology, so there is ample opportunity to "ask an expert".

There is a presentation about climate change and carbon emissions, a demonstration of solar panels and a wind turbine, and a carousel of hands-on activities with worksheets.

Carbon footprint activity for KS2 and KS3 in schools

The Carbon Shop

Learn to make planet-friendly shopping choices in the Carbon Shop - where everything is priced in carbon emissions, not money!

Amazing Plants

Discover how our wonderful plants can absorb our carbon emissions..... if we look after them.

Have a go on the carbon-cycle-marble-maze.

Climate Change Workshop for Schools

Climate Scientists

Be a climate scientist: examine the layers in "ice" cores and tree rings, to seek patterns in past temperature changes. What do you notice about the most recent years?

And....what happens when you "melt" the glaciers?

Where does the water go? Who will be most affected?

What a Load of Rubbish

Waste: A sorting/classifying/grouping activity to try to save as much as possible from entering landfill or being incinerated, and to come up with some creative alternative uses for our "waste".

What can YOU do about climate change?

Investigate some actions that can be taken to help stop climate change, and think about:

"What I could do"

"What my school or family could do"

"What I wish the government would do".

Fill in a worksheet to take home and share with parents, because there really are a few things that we can all do to make a big difference ..... and they may not be what you think they are.