Enquiry learning:

Enquiry learning unit www.enquirylearning.net

Innovating Geography www.qca.org.uk/geography/innovating

UNESCO - teaching and learning for a sustainable future www.unesco.org/education/tlsf [unit 21]

Whole school responses:

Eco-Schools www.eco-schools.org.uk

QCA ESD www.nc.uk.net/esd

Thinkleadership www.thinkleadership.org.uk

Child-friendly sites:

CBBC – search ‘climate change’ for up-to-date information: www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc

Cool kids for a cool climate www.coolkidsforacoolclimate.com

DEFRA: www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/schools

Phenology – investigate changing seasons: www.woodland-trust.org.uk/phenology

Science Across the World has a forum for children to share opinions on current topical scientific matters: see www.scienceacross.org

What is climate change? www.climatechange.gc.ca/english/climate change

Images:

Animated climate change timeline - Climactic Research Unit: www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/demos/temrec/nh.htm

Climate change data and graphs - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change site: www.ipcc.ch

Cool Planet for teachers - www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet

Earth from the air: www.yannarthusbertrand.com and www.earthfromtheair.com

Search ‘climate change’ + image on www.google.com

For news:

BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk

Local newspaper websites [eg www.thisisherefordshire.co.uk] often have archives of past stories on flooding etc.

TNN links to papers from all over the world www.transnational.org/new

Low-impact living:

How a family turned their ex-council house into an environmental dream home - www.theyellowhouse.org.uk

Biofuel - www.bio-diesel.org.uk

Centre for Alternative Technology - www.cat.org.uk

Carbon calculators:

Best Foot Forward - www.bestfootforward.com/carbonlife.htm

Climate Outreach and Infornation Network - http://coinet.org.uk/motivation/challenge/

The Carbon Neutral Company - www.futureforests.com

Children as researchers:

Climate prediction - www.climateprediction.net

The Globe Programme - www.globe.org.uk

The Woodland Trust - www.woodland-trust.org.uk/phenology

The world as a village … of 100 people www.mysterra.org/webmag/coup-de-coeur en.html
… of 1000 people www.angelfire.com/il/adventureclub/village.html

Energy conservation:

Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy - www.create.org.uk

Centre for Sustainable Energy - www.cse.org.uk

Energy Saving Trust - www.est.org.uk

Action and campaigning:

Carbon Trust [businesses] www.thecarbontrust.co.uk

Climate Action Network [international] www.climatenetwork.org

Friends of the Earth www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate

Nottingham Declaration www.devon.gov.uk/cc-signnotdecl.pdf

People and planet [sixth form/students] www.peopleandplanet.org/stopclimatechaos

Rising Tide www.risingtide.org.uk

World Wide Fund for Nature www.panda.org/climate

Mind mapping online:

Map your mind - www.mayomi.com

Search about mind mapping at www.bgfl.org

Teaching resources:

Atmosphere, Climate & Environment www.ace.mmu.ac.uk

Global Eye www.globaleye.org.uk

Global Express [Edition 23] www.dep.org.uk/globalexpress

Global warming enquiry [written by Stuart Purves, Moorside High, Stoke-on-Trent] www.sln.org.uk/geography/enquiry

Background:

Climate change projections www.UKCIP.org.uk/scenarios

The Carbon Trust: www.thecarbontrust.co.uk

Exxonmobil [oil company] – search on ‘climate change’: www.exxonmobil.com

The Guardian [newspaper]: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green

Hadley Centre [research]: www.met-office.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: www.ipcc.ch

Mark Lynas [author and journalist]: www.marklynas.org

Real Climate [scientific debate]: www.realclimate.org

Tyndall Centre [research]: www.tyndall.ac.uk

WMnet Climate change in the curriculum programme - Climate change portal: http://climatechange.wmnet.org.uk

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