**Sustainability - why do we need to consume our resources responsibly? ** A detailed, editable 1 hour lesson all about sustainability and the reasons why we need to consume our planet’s resources responsibly. Created to fit an ‘adaptive teaching style’ the lesson is influenced by Rosenshine’s principles of instruction, and promotes both cognitive and metacognitive strategies. In this lesson, the students will discuss what it means to live sustainably and identify examples of unsustainable products and activities. We will describe the environmental impact of unsustainable living and explain why we need to change and how we can go about doing it! The lesson is ideally suited to students in UKS2 or younger students in KS3. The resources are fully editable, and therefore easy to amend should you wish to use the resources with other year groups. The lesson is fully-scaffolded, contains a variety of activities, an hour long PowerPoint, contains a brand new in-house EC Publishing video clip, and has clear measurable outcomes and success criteria. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. We also run psheresources.com and you can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

For AQA GCSE Geography. You need the Oxford AQA GCSE Geography Textbook for the new specification The lesson includes. Photo interpretation starter. Questioning activity Video clips Large A3 worksheet with a variety of different activities covering the required content. Plenary activity. All worksheets for photocopying included. Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

AQA GCSE Geography lesson on Sustainable Urban Living using Freiburg as an example. Included in the lesson is: Video clips on Freiburg Information sheet on sustainable living in Freiburg A3 double sided task worksheet with a variety of actvities for differing abilities Practice GCSE Questions You may wish to use alongside the Oxford AQA GCSE Geography textbook, but all resources are included. Hope this helps. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

Complete lesson with differentiated activities on introducing the sustainable development goals. Start with definition of sustainable development, then differentiated comprehension task on understanding why they were created and the difference between them and the millennium development goals. Main task focuses on students learning about all 17 SDGs. Creative homework task for students to promote the goals.

A lesson which assigns students the role of urban planners and tasks them with designing a sustainable city. The task is fully scaffolded as students work through a planning booklet , filling it out based on structured class discussions of the different features needed- energy, waste management, nature, food, housing, infrastructure etc. Lots of ideas are included in the notes section of the PPT slides to steer the pupils ideas. Loads of pictures and real world examples too. A design brief outlining what students need to include in their cities is also included, as is a peer assessment sheet

Students should be able to explain about sustainability. Each activity aims to build upon students understanding of the importance of sustainability. Learning Objectives To be able to explain what sustainability is and what the three pillars are. To be able to explain the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and gain understanding about a sustainable future. Included: PowerPoint Starter Two Main Activities Plenary Lesson Plan

1 hour, fully resourced lesson all about sustainability and our carbon footprints. The lesson investigates the harmful effect of excess carbon emissions on our environment, the consequences and what we can do collectively to make a change. This resource pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.

AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at the what urban sustainability is and how it can be achieved. The lesson has two retrieval practice starter options for you to populate. We then introduce the concept of urban sustainability. The pupils then complete a variety of tasks as we look at water conservation (with Cape Town as an example of water stress). Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). Methods of energy conservation, waste management and recycling, and creating green spaces. We finish with a GCSE-style practice question with some guidance and structure provided for the students. Hope this saves you some valuable planning time. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/markthegeographer

An interactive escape room lesson that explores the meaning of ‘sustainability’. There are seven fun task cards that include activities relating to sustainability and why it is important. The lesson provides a fun and interactive introduction to the various issues and key issues surrounding sustainability, such as the three pillars of sustainability and how a sustainable future can be achieved. Lesson Objectives: To define what is meant by ‘sustainability’ and explain the three pillars of sustainability. To be able to explain how a sustainable future can be achieved. Included: Seven task cards PowerPoint with starter and plenary Lesson Plan Answer sheet for teacher Answer sheet for students

This lesson uses a fun music video, reading for comprehension, and an interactive game to engage students in analyzing sustainable lifestyle choices. Explain sustainability Apply an ecological footprint calculator Evaluate lifestyle choices

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at issues Dubai has faced and sustainable practices they have implemented. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

An investigation and overview of what sustainability is and then tasks with more of a focus on eating sustainably. Created as a PSHCE resource but would also be very useful for KS3 Geography or RE. - 1 hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, well differentiated, KS3/ KS4. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each.

Chapter 24 unit from the OCR Biology A A-Level all about populations and sustainability. The unit was planned with the intention of carrying out flipped learning whereby students do pre-reading on the topic prior to the lesson so that we can consolidate that learning with activities/exam questions during the lesson. Including: 24.1 Population Size 24.2 Competition 24.3 Predator Prey Relationships 24.4 Conservation and Preservation 24.5 Sustainability 24.6 Masai Mara 24.7 Terai Region of Nepal 24.8 Peat Bogs 24.9 Environmentally Sensitive Ecosystems (split into two lesson, Galapagos Islands and Antarctica in lesson 1 with Snowdonia and the Lake District in lesson 2)

This resource looks at the impact of materials on our planet and what we can do about it. There is a PowerPoint which was written for a 100 minute lesson but could be broken up into smaller lessons or be adapted for activities to be used for home learning. There are tasks which include discussion - group and whole class, design and written activities

A week-long project for students to collaborate in groups to design a new eco-friendly theme park. The project includes sections on: theme park design, using a set budget (maths) branding (art) advertising & marketing (art & English) sustainable energy sources (science) presentation (speaking & listening) The project finishes with the students presenting their proposal to a panel of esteemed judges (from your school), who judge the presentation against a set of criteria. Suitable for an end of term/year project or a theme week challenge.

These resources are offered in addition to the FREE worksheets and access to the video at https://youtu.be/4KXmdFfZVcs. PPT LOs: Understand what is meant by sustainability Consider the use of finite and non-finite resources. Learn about the 3 big issues – resource use, climate change and the impact on people. Learn the 6Rs and apply to lifecycle assessment. Apply this knowledge to exam style Qs

Learning objective: 1) Students to investigate the source of a range of materials, how they are processed for use and how they can be reused, recycled or disposed of. 2) Students to evaluate the environmental consequences of the use of these materials.

This is part of a series of Geography lessons designed for KS3 around the concept of sustainability. This SOW is complete with fully resourced lessons, assessments, furthering reading and ideas for building in cultural capital to the curriculum. This lesson focuses on building sustainability. The objectives of the lesson are: Describe what an Eco-home needs. Compare the sustainability features of a sustainable home. Suggest the best features for your own sustainable home.

Lesson plan and a story on river pollution

In this task learners are encouraged to think about first principles relating to sustainability at work and how business activities affect people. There is an updated version of this resource on our My Career Development programme: 50 interactive topics for PSHE and careers education. Each topic includes whiteboard-friendly slide shows, worksheets and instructions. Complies with Ofsted recommendations for good lesson planning! More information and another free topic from www.knowledgeandskills.co.uk or hello@knowledgeandskills.co.uk

A lesson on EDUCATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY and how we can impact on our world both positively and negatively. Cross curricular, action learning to inspire creative thinking and new vision to empower students toward positive environmental change.