Why Environmental Science? - Display Posters

Help students see the value, relevance and breadth of A Level Environmental Science with this ready-to-use set of display posters.

The posters are designed to answer the question:

Why study Environmental Science?

They highlight the range of topics explored within the subject, the skills students develop and the wider relevance of Environmental Science to real-world issues such as sustainability, climate change, biodiversity, resource use and human impacts on the environment.

The resource is suitable for use as a permanent classroom display or as part of sixth form recruitment, open evenings and subject information events.

**The posters are designed to help students understand:
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• what Environmental Science is
• the range of topics studied across the course
• how the subject links to real-world environmental issues
• the scientific, mathematical and analytical skills developed
• the importance of sustainability and environmental decision-making
• how Environmental Science connects with other subjects
• potential university courses and future careers
• why Environmental Science is a relevant and valuable A Level choice

**Suitable for
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• Environmental Science classrooms
• sixth form open evenings
• Year 11 option events
• subject recruitment displays
• corridors and departmental displays
• introduction to the course
• careers and progression discussions

**Why use this resource?
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Environmental Science is still unfamiliar to many students compared with more established A Level subjects.

These posters are designed to make the course feel accessible while showing that it is a rigorous, interdisciplinary science subject combining aspects of biology, chemistry, geography, geology, data analysis and environmental management.

The display can be used to spark conversations with prospective students and help current students understand the wider purpose and relevance of what they are studying.

Format

Ready-to-print display posters that can be used individually or together as a complete Why Environmental Science? display.

They work particularly well as a coordinated classroom or open-evening display alongside other information about the AQA A Level Environmental Science course.