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Learning for sustainability - simple ideas you can try with your class

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Learning for sustainability - simple ideas you can try with your class

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Are you looking for some ideas of what you can do with your class that use digital technology to share work? Take a look at this book for some ideas & examples in different languages. A good way to get started.

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Linking Learners & Languages Across the Curriculum Project

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Focus: Learning for Sustainability | Find thousands of free educational ebooks for classroom use at read.bookcreator.com

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Migrants - Primary Language resources linked to cliamte change

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Migrants - Primary Language resources linked to cliamte change

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Thanks to the great English cross curricular resources linked to this film which were a stimulus for these resources in Gaelic, French & Spanish focusing on developing skills in digital technology & expressive arts whilst developing basic language linked to climate change & action we can take.

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Climate Change - Primary Languages Resources Linked to Migrants

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Read this free ebook by Highland1plus2 Languages. Find thousands of free educational ebooks for classroom use at read.bookcreator.com

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A short video with no sound - images & text (in French). A good stimulus for discussions or for learners to create short voice-overs?

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Earth Day highlights Climate Action - French - April 2020

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Don't forget to check out what's on Quizlet already for whatever language you are teaching. Lots already available.

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Start studying The Environment - French Vocab. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.

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Video in French about the environment & protecting it

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Video in French about the environment & protecting it

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A great short video in French with subtitles in French & English for secondary. Scaffolding required as it's an authentic French video. Don't forget you can slow the speed down in sthe video ettings.

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Learn French words related to nature and protecting the environment

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Environment - Key Vocabulary in French & Spanish

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Environment - Key Vocabulary in French & Spanish

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Simple short videos with vocabulary in French and Spanish about what you can do to help the environment.

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The environment in Spanish | Beginner Spanish Lessons for Children

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More songs & some suggested activities too.

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If you're looking for French Earth Day resources, you've come to the right place 🙂

Teaching about the Earth and the importance of taking care of our planet is crucial. Our students will be the ones shaping our future!

This post includes links to videos, printables, a Slideshare and a FREE minibook - all about "le jour de la Terre"!

French Earth Day Time-Saving Resources (including a free mini-book)

Let me save you some time if you're teaching about Earth Day this month. Check out the following resources:

1. French Earth Day Videos

This first video is great as its lyrics use lots of words related to the topic. I love this part:

"La terre n'est pas une poubelle.
Il y a un secret pour qu'elle soit belle :
Ne rien jeter par terre et trier ses déchets.
Petits et grands, nous sommes tous concernés !"

SafeShare link: http://safeshare.tv/w/QjfNnTNCch

Next video is a super catchy song about air pollution.

SafeShare link: http://safeshare.tv/w/wBisR7LbntQ

"Clip! Clap! Font les gottes d'eau dans le lavabo!" kids will be singing this for days! The following video is from the same series as the one above. In fact, there are more videos in the series, but I've selected these two to display here.

Teach your students to save water with this video - they'll never see the faucet the same way after that!

SafeShare link: http://safeshare.tv/w/uVZiYcgNIA

Here's how the producers of the next video described it: "Une classe de première année fabrique une murale qui a pour thème le jour de la terre. Ils discutent et réfléchissent sur la signification de cette journée."

This is not really a video because there's only one still image, but the song is not too complex for kids to sing along. The lyrics to the song is in the video description.

This next video is not about Earth Day specifically, but it talks about children's future, so I think it's related. Besides, the song is so lovely, I had to share with you!

After all, we need to protect Earth so kids can grow up to be whatever they choose to be!

For the lyrics, click here.

2. French Earth Day Sentence Builders, a.k.a. Phrases Mêlées, a.k.a. Scrambled Sentences

As students learn how to organize words into coherent sentences, they need lots of examples and opportunities to really build the structures up. Sentence builders are cut-apart sentences that students need to put back together in the right way. This set of French Earth Day Sentence Builders (scrambled sentences) is double-duty because all the sentences are questions, which is always a harder structure for kids to master. After putting the questions back together, students need to answer them.

3. French Earth Day Mini-Presentation SlideShare: a discussion prompt

Getting students to actually speak French is the goal of this mini-presentation. Go slide by slide eliciting the use of new vocabulary.

Prompt kids to answer questions at every slide, e.g. "Comment s'appelle la planète verte et bleue?", "Pourquoi est-ce qu'on souffre si la Terre souffre?", "Qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire pour la protéger?".

Follow up the discussions with the FREE mini-book at the end of the post.

4. French Earth Day Color by Word No-Prep Printable Worksheets and Mini-Book

Take advantage of Earth Day discussions to sneak in some sight word practice. The printables in the French Earth Day Color & Read No-Prep Worksheets will have students working with "les mots usuels" AND new vocabulary related to Earth Day. They're "no-prep" because all you have to do is make copies and you're good to go!

5. French Earth Day FREE Mini-Book

This French Earth Day mini-book is a simple, but effective activity that will keep your students engaged. They'll color fun illustrations, work on their writing skills by answering two questions, and practice vocabulary by completing the word search. Click on the picture to download the FREE French Earth Day Mini-Book:

6. French Earth Day Boom Digital Task Cards

Part of celebrating Earth Day is making sure that students learn vocabulary associated with the topic.

Check out this set of Earth Day vocabulary digital task cars with audio.

You can find them on my Boom Learning store, or included in a bundle on TpT.

Thank you so much for reading!

Lucy

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French Earth Day - Le jour de la Terre - For French Immersion

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If you're looking for French Earth Day resources, you've come to the right place 🙂 Teaching about the Earth and the importance of taking care of our planet is crucial. Our students will be the ones shaping our future! This post includes links to videos, printables, a Slideshare and a FREE minibook - all about "le jour de la Terre"!

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Authentic French songs about the environment, problems and protecting it.

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Great songs in French about the environment

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Great songs in French about the environment

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Teaching ideas and songs for Earth Day in your French class!

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French Earth Day ideas

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A video in French about COP21 - but still relevant info. Good visuals to help understand the key points or to get learners to summarise. Don't forget you can change the playback speed in the video settings (to 0.75) to slow it down. Good for Senior Phase in secondary.

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C'est quoi, la COP21 ? - 1 jour, 1 question

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Lovely posters from a P7 class in Mid Calder Primary back in 2010! Still relevant today and a great activity highlighting the problems & what we can do.

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P7A Climate Change in French! | Mid Calder Primary

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P7A Climate Change in French!

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A lovely French animation about animals being born into the world. What sort of a world will it be? What will they encounter? Are they safe? How will they be affected by global issues such as climate change? Don't forget - you can mute it and use it for any language. You can also change the settings (wheel icon) & add subtitles in French or choose another language!

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BONJOUR LE MONDE ! | Bande Annonce Officielle

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Learners speak out about their environment

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Learners speak out about their environment

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A great video made by learners about what they have done to raise awareness about environmental issues in the Outer Hebrides. In Gaelic with English subtitles.

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FilmG is the Gaelic short film competition

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Photos are a great way to spark conversations and get children talking. In English try these questions - What do you see? Why/what has led up to this photo? What will be the consequence/future? What action can you take indivudally, locally, nationally and internationally?
Then in a L2/L3 see how you can revise language children already know and develop new language. Label the photo with nouns (focus on genders) and adjectives. Build phrases & sentences with nouns & adjectives (adjectival placement & agreement!). Look at verbs & different tenses - past, present & future. Teachers could also turn it into reading & listening activities by preparing phrases for learners to match/sequence etc.

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New Climate Change COP26 French resource from Powerlanguage Schools

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New Climate Change COP26 French resource from Powerlanguage Schools

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A great new resource for subscribers of PLS.

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This new French Dossier will help you tackle some topical and essential climate issues with your class, ahead of COP26 in Glasgow. Why not encourage your learners to prepare a podcast or video to present themselves and mention some of the things they care about and want to protect? Adults are welcome to send their testimonies too! You and your learners can use any language you are learning. Presentations will be shared on our YouTube Channel, providing a great bank of authentic resources from different parts of the world!

New to PowerLanguage Schools or would like access to this content? Visit our website to find out how we can help you, your school and your learners!

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NEW French Dossier! Climate change and the COP26 Conference

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This new French Dossier will help you tackle some topical and essential climate issues with your class, ahead of COP26 in Glasgow. Why not encourage your learners to prepare a podcast or video to present themselves and mention some of the things they care about and want to protect?

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Other French resources from Powerlanguage Schools 

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Other French resources from Powerlanguage Schools 

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Lots of French resources either directly linked to the environment & climate change or could be used to raise awareness. Check out this list of resources & go to https://powerlanguage.school/ to login in & find them in Responsive Resources.

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Learning for Sustainability - French Resources from Powerlanguage Schools

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Great articles aimed at young people in France. Can be used with learners with support or to focus on using clues to decode texts - images, key words, cognates etc.

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Les actus à la une | 1jour1actu.com - L'actualité à hauteur d'enfants !

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Ces informations sont destinées au groupe Bayard, auquel Milan presse appartient. Elles sont enregistrées dans notre fichier afin de vous envoyer les newsletters que vous avez demandées.

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Share your thoughts - what do you care about & want to protect?

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Share your thoughts - what do you care about & want to protect?

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Why not encourage your learners to prepare a podcast or video to present themselves and mention some of the things they care about and want to protect? Adults are welcome to send their testimonies too! You and your learners can use any language you are learning. Presentations will be shared on our YouTube Channel, providing a great bank of authentic resources from different parts of the world!

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Issue to Action - Modern Languages Resources: Teaching toolkit for a fairer world

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Issue to Action - Modern Languages Resources: Teaching toolkit for a fairer world

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Based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs there are topic related resources for primary & secondary. Here's a summary of the resources. Plus download the Intro PPT (French & Spanish) linked to the SDGs.

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Highland Learning For Sustainability - Simple ideas for you to try

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Highland Learning For Sustainability - Simple ideas for you to try

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Here's 4 simple ideas for you to try in your classroom. Why not then develop your L2 or L3 as well? Use Collins online dictionary or Google translate to find different emotion words or label parts of your picture. Count the number of pieces of litter on your fish in another language!

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Highland Learning for Sustainability - Resources & Lesson Ideas

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Where to Access LfS Learning and Teaching Resources

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Lots more here!

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Ensuring that all learners receive their entitlement to Learning for Sustainability (LfS), including a strong focus on climate justice education, will enable us to build a lasting legacy from the COP26 Summit. The resources below remain relevant and can be used to help young people engage in the key themes relating to climate change and sustainability.

These resources continue to be relevant to all those with an interest in climate education and Learning for Sustainability.

About the COP26 Summit

In November 2021, the United Nations COP26 Climate Summit took place in Glasgow, Scotland. This was one of the biggest events of its kind ever to be hosted in our country.

Support

1. Visit Education Scotland's Learning for Sustainability blog for the latest news and updates.

2. Check out our COP26 Wakelet for a list of curated resources and activities.

3. Connect with like-minded practitioners to share resources and network via our LfS practitioner Network (Glow login required) in MS Teams in Glow.

4. Access Learning for Sustainability online courses, run by the University of Edinburgh, the British Council and Learning for Sustainability Scotland.

Resources

Check out our Countdown to COP26 poster to find out more about the learning resources being produced to support the key COP26 themes.
PDF file: Countdown to COP26 (4 MB)
Countdown to COP - Early Years through Dugs Discovery Den
ThingLink card: Early Years Countdown to COP Read to me (Book Creator): Dug's Adventures on the Isle of Arran
Countdown to COP - Primary
ThingLink card: Primary Countdown to COP Practical Guide for Primary - Countdown to COP
Countdown to COP - Broad general education
Presentation slides: Countdown to COP Countdown to COP challenge - Nature Countdown to COP challenge - Energy Transition Countdown to COP challenge - Clean Transport
Countdown to COP challenge - Finance
Discover the environmental and social impact of denim, and then transform an old pair of jeans into something new and original.

Countdown to COP challenge - Adaptation and Resilience
Learn about the foods produced in your area and create an original, sustainable meal from local ingredients.

Useful links
A summary of learning for sustainability resources A summary of outdoor learning resources Climate change in Scottish education briefing Weather and climate change website Exploring climate change PowerPoint presentation: Learning for Sustainability COP26 Overview (20.7 MB) PowerPoint presentation: Learning for Sustainability COP26 Overview - Narrated version (47.4 MB) Scottish Government Net Zero Nation website

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Education Scotland is a Scottish Government executive agency responsible for supporting quality and improvement in Scottish education.

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Have a look at this resource. Use it to revise language your children already know ie. What colours do you see? Let's count the animals. Make a list of key nouns, verbs & adjectives. Use a dictionary/online dictionary to make a vocabulary book. Turn it into a wordcloud using WordArt.

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UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) - Teaching Resources

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The United Nations climate change conference for 2023, which is more commonly known as COP28 (this stands for The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties) will take place in Expo city, Dubai from 30 November - 12 December 2023. To support teaching around COP28 we’ve put together this collection of resources for use in your primary or secondary school classroom.

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Try one of these packs & then see how you could develop some vocabulary & phrases in a L2 or L3 alongside it.

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Take a look at the resources that can help you bring positive climate action to your classroom.

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Be inspired by some of these ideas & try them in another language!

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Use these environment resources to teach your children about recycling, climate change and more! It includes a comprehensive topic guide, cross-curricular activities and display materials.

One 16 Page Environment Guide - This Powerpoint (and PDF) guide teaches your children about a range of environmental topics, including the greenhouse effect, climate change, renewable and non-renewable energy, pollution, deforestation, food miles, recycling and more.

One Environment Video Guide - Learn about the environment by watching this handy video guide!

One Glossary - A selection of words linked to this topic with their definitions. A handy reference resource for teachers and pupils!

Twelve Pages of Vocabulary Labels - A collection of labels with words based on the environment. Use them as the starting point for discussions about topic vocabulary or add them to your display boards.

One Environment Defenders Comic Strip - Can your children create a comic strip about a family of environmental defenders? How will they save the world?

One Eco Chains Game - Challenge your children to make a chain of coloured letters across the game board, by answering the environment-themed questions!

One 30 Page Environment Image Pack - A collection of photos that can be used on a display board or as the starting point for discussions about different environmental issues.

Sixteen 'How Can I Help?' Posters - A selection of posters that share ways that we can help to improve our environment. These are also available in a smaller card format so they can be used for a range of individual and group activities.

Four 'What Can I Do?' Templates - A simple set of templates that ask your students to think, draw and write about the things that they can do to help their environment.

Three 'What Can I Do at School and Home?' Sheets - Ask your students to think about the things that they can do to help the environment when they are at school and home!

Two 'Positive Actions' Resources - A set of differentiated activity sheets that ask children to identify activities that are good and bad for the environment.

Two 'Eco Pledge' Templates - Make an eco pledge (or an Earth Day pledge) using these printable templates. What environment activities will your children try?

One 'Can We Recycle It?' Activity - Can your children identify which of these fourteen items can be recycled?

One 'Recyclable Materials' Activity - Can your children identify the different recyclable materials on this activity sheet?

One 'Sort the Recycling' Activity - Challenge your children to sort the different items of recycling into the correct coloured bins!

Twenty Environment News Report Templates - Ask your students to write a news report about the environment activities taking place in these photos. These templates are available with plain boxes, wide lines and narrow lines.

Two Sir David Attenborough Biographies - Use the differentiated texts to find out about the life and achievements of Sir David Attenborough.

Two Greta Thunberg Biographies - Learn about the achievements of Greta Thunberg by reading these differentiated biographies!

Four Sets of Comprehension Questions - Differentiated questions to review your children's understanding of the biographies of Greta Thunberg and David Attenborough.

Four 'Interview Questions' Templates - What would your children like to ask Sir David Attenborough or Greta Thunberg? Use these templates to find out!

Ten Colouring Pages - A selection of colouring pages (at different levels of complexity) with an environmental theme.

One Crossword - Test your children's knowledge of environmental vocabulary with this crossword challenge!

One Word Search - Can your children find all of the relevant topic vocabulary in this word search?

Six Display Banners - Eye-catching banners to add to the display areas in your classroom.

Two Sets of Bunting - A selection of bunting to hang in your classroom when your children are learning about the environment and recycling.

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Well, you've done it again.
This is an excellent resource which will work across different age groups and units of work. Thank you for such a varied and informative pack, I look forward to hearing how others have used it too. Like your previous reviewer, the inclusion of biographies really widens its scope.
Thank you.
Gill

I've been looking forward to this Pack! In our school we teach a number of units which link with the environment, as well as having many activities and events throughout the year in which we talk about global warming, pollution, recycling, and so on. So I'm very happy to see this Pack. It ticks all the boxes, of course - display posters, bunting, a guide, colouring pages, a collection of iconic images, vocabulary cards - but I was delighted to see some extra-special resources as.well, including biographies and comprehensions on David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg - who we were discussing in class recently - as well as a delightful vocabulary game. Last seen as the Bug Buster in the Maths Games Pack, I know the children are going to love it, and hope we see this game in other packs too!
The environment is an incredibly important topic, and now we are ready to teach it as never before!

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Use these environment resources to teach your children about recycling, climate change and more! It includes a comprehensive topic guide, cross-curricular activities and display materials. One 16 Page Environment Guide - This Powerpoint (and PDF) guide teaches your children about a range of environmental topics, including the greenhouse effect, climate change, renewable and non-renewable energy, pollution, deforestation, food miles, recycling and more.

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Lots of great ideas & resources here for languages.

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Climate Action & Modern Languages Classroom

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Climate Action & Modern Languages Classroom

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Great resources & activities in French, Spanish & German with PPTs and authentic reading & listening materials. Aimed at secondary & some useful for upper primary.

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Climate Action in Modern Foreign Languages VM - Leeds DEC

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We have developed frameworks and lessons for schools to help teachers integrate climate education within the Modern Foreign Languages curriculum. More about our Methodology We have used the UN's Sustainable Development Goal for Climate Action as a starting point to develop a set of Big Ideas, providing a summary of the...

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Don't forget to sign up for this great opportunity to hear ideas for sustainbility & secondary language classrooms.

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Bitesize is the name of our short format, on demand professional learning that is open to all in-service and student teachers. Some months, the theme will be applicable to both primary and secondary teachers, in other months the theme will be sector specific.