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The Young Professional Programme is our series of free and interactive online learning programmes designed with and for young people.

Available programmes:

Young Professional: Preparing for Your Future is ideal for 14-16 year olds who are exploring their future options.

Young Professional: Journey to Work is ideal for 17+ year olds and young people who are closer to the world of work.

Young Professional Programmes can fit into your existing programme or be accessed independently.

Course content helps young people to:

Understand themselves, their strengths, barriers and opportunities

Learn about the world of work through virtual work experience and impartial careers information

Understand the range of pathways available including vocational, academic and technical routes

Learn how to build their own career plan and set useful life, study and work goals

Understand the skills they will need for life and work and how to develop them

Learn how to prepare themselves for work with job searching, CV and interview preparation

Understand what being in work is like and how to progress once in work

What happens on completing a course?

On completion of each course, the Young Professional learner will receive a certificate. Their Provider can use this or our Group Management System to evidence the progress young people have made during the programme.

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Lesson plans

Use these lesson plans and worksheets to discuss privacy issues and the value of personal data. The lesson plans cover what counts as personal data, why it's valuable and how to keep it safe when using social media. The worksheets can be used to facilitate discussion generated by the lesson plans.

Worksheets

Children's Code resources

The Children's code is a set of rules designed to make the internet a safer place for children to learn explore and play. It requires organisations to put the best interests of the child first when they are designing and developing apps, games, connected toys and websites that are likely to be accessed by young people.

Use these resources to help children identify where they can go to for support, including what they should do if they suspect an app, game or website is misusing their data or not conforming to the Children's code.

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It is increasingly common for personal details to be stored on computers. exists to protect personal details. This personal includes items such as:

The Data Protection Act is a key piece of legislation that provides protection of personal data in the UK.

A person who has data stored about them is known as a . As a data subject, a person has the right to see what data is held about them by an organisation and to have that data amended if incorrect.

Every organisation that holds data must appoint a . This person is responsible for ensuring that the organisation stays within the principles stated by the Data Protection Act.

Personal data must be fairly and lawfully processed. This means that an organisation must be truthful about what personal data they wish to collect and what they want to use it for.

Personal data must be obtained for specified and lawful purposes. This means that an organisation cannot use personal data for any purpose other than that stated when they collected the data. For example, if a company wanted your exam records to see if you were qualified for a job, it could not use those records to try to sell you revision guides that it thinks you might need. Also, the company cannot pass on your data to any other organisation without your permission.

Personal data must be adequate, relevant and not excessive. This means that an organisation cannot ask for any data that is not needed. For example, when you apply for a bank account the bank cannot ask you where you went on holiday last year.

Personal data must be accurate and up to date. If data held about you is wrong or out of date, you have the right to have it corrected or deleted. This is extremely important, as incorrect or out-of-date data might, for example, prevent you from getting a job or a loan, or being able to buy a house.

Personal data must not be kept for longer than is necessary. As soon as an organisation no longer needs your data, they must delete it.

Personal data must be processed in line with your rights. This includes the right to see any data held on you and the right to correct inaccurate data.

Personal data must be held securely. This means that data must be kept safe from unauthorised access - for example, with usernames and passwords - but also safe from accidental loss - by making A copy of important files that is kept separately in case the original files are lost or damaged. .

Personal data must not be transferred to other countries outside the European Economic Area unless those countries have similar data protection laws.

The General Data Protection Regulation 2018

processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner - this means organisations need to tell people what data is being stored and what it will be used for, including cookies on websites, online forms and apps

collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes - the data cannot be used for anything other than what it was originally collected for

adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is processed - data cannot be collected that is not relevant to the organisation's needs

accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date - individuals have the right to request that data is changed but it is also the responsibility of the organisation to make sure that the data is correct

kept in a format which identifies individuals for no longer than is necessary - data can be kept for longer as long as anything that identifies the individual is removed

processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures - in other words, an organisation must take adequate actions to ensure that the data is safe from accidental loss and cyberattacks

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Being enterprising combines a mix of skills, a positive mindset and a lot of perseverance to bring about change. People who are enterprising approach challenges in a positive way and have the skills to take a solution forward.

The activities on this page allow you to support the topic, whether you're looking for something quick, something independent or a full length, curriculum-linked lesson plan.

Teaching resources:

Putting enterprise skills into action: Lesson plan and presentation slides - full lesson plan for use with a group of students in the classroom

The enterprising ingredient of creativity: Interactive worksheet - activity for independent learning whether remote or in class

Enterprise skills online lesson film - interactive film for remote or in class learning

How do these activities support students to learn about enterprise skills?
Students will start getting to grips with what makes an enterprising mindset. They'll explore how different skills and behaviours can combine and benefit them in different contexts, like becoming an entrepreneur or developing employability skills including creativity, problem solving and opportunity spotting.

Lesson plan

(20 - 180 minutes)

This lesson is designed to inspire students to put their enterprise skills into action, whether it's to become an entrepreneur or to develop transferable skills for work, with guidance focused on a suite of activities, including a film and interactive content.
Lesson learning outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

Understand the different skills and behaviours it takes to develop an enterprising mindset and how these work together to help them best succeed

Demonstrate an understanding of enterprise skills within real-world contexts

Identify examples in their own personal development and ongoing learning where they can build entrepreneurial skills

How can students use this lesson to practise being enterprising with real-world scenarios?
By making use of the 'Your enterprise journey' tool, students can start connecting real-world experiences with opportunities to be enterprising. The tool offers a range of scenarios based on different points in young people's education and employment, exploring the six key 'ingredients' of an enterprising mindset.

Interactive worksheet

(40 minutes)
Please note that students below the age of 14 cannot sign up for their own LifeSkills account. Any independent tasks must be printed or downloaded and provided digitally for them to complete as they are currently hosted on educator pages
The enterprising ingredient of creativity worksheet encourages students to get inspired by looking at things from a different angle to generate ideas. The worksheet contains some of the themes from the full lesson and can be printed or completed digitally, so can be used flexibly to get your students thinking creatively. You might choose to assign it:

As homework, or pre-work, for the above Putting enterprise skills into action lesson

For independent study

For remote learning

In conjunction with the below Online lesson film

Online lesson film

(10 minutes)

LifeSkills has partnered with education charities The Talent Foundry and Business in the Community to create online lessons that can be watched anywhere.

Hear from Amna as she explores what enterprise is, the skills that help young people be more enterprising, and how they can put these skills into practice. Amna helps students understand that being enterprising is much more than just a business term, but a skill that can be used in the workplace, community and in education. Use it in the classroom, where it would introduce the Putting enterprise skills into action lesson well, or use it through a remote learning channel.

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Tax Facts is HM Revenue and Customs' free tax education programme for primary and secondary school students. It has resources to help children and young people learn about the UK tax system, from lesson plans to videos.

There's even the option for a Tax Facts staff ambassador to come into school to support teachers with delivering a lesson.

What resources can teachers and parents get?

There are 2 sets of resources for different age groups:

Junior Tax Facts - for children aged 8 to 13

Tax facts - for students aged 14 to 17

Each set of resources includes:

a lesson plan

classroom presentation

activity sheets

delivery guide

There is also a series of quick videos that deal with questions like 'what is tax?' and what it's like to start work.

These are free to download in English and Welsh, and are linked to curriculum frameworks across the UK.

Junior Tax Facts - for children aged 8 to 13

These resources will help primary school pupils and younger secondary school students get to grips with the basics of tax. At the end of the lesson, they should understand:

why the government needs to collect money as 'tax'

how taxes pay for things we all need and use

the work HMRC does and the role it plays

Tax Facts - for students aged 14 to 17

This set of resources will help young people learn about how the tax system works and the practical role it plays in their lives. At the end of the lesson, students should understand:

the UK tax system and the impact of not collecting tax

how tax is paid when they are in a job

the work HMRC does and the role it plays

This could be particularly useful for teachers of maths, business, and PSHE.

Get help delivering a lesson

An HMRC member of staff could come into school as a Tax Facts ambassador to lead a 45-minute lesson and give pupils the opportunity to ask any questions. A school visit can also support you to achieve the Gatsby Benchmarks.

For more information about organising a school visit please email us.

Find out more

If you have any questions, the Tax Facts team is here to help. Please email hmrc.taxeducation@hmrc.gov.uk.

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Helping young people develop effective communication skills is key both while they remain in education, and in the future workplace. The activities on this page allow you to support the topic, whether you're looking for something quick, something independent or a full length, curriculum-linked lesson plan.

Teaching resources:

Listening and speaking: Lesson plan and presentation slides -full lesson plan for use with a group of students in the classroom

Communication skills: Facebook live film - short film which can be used to start the lesson to provide an overview of the topic

Top tips for communication: Interactive worksheet - interactive worksheet activity for independent learning whether remote or in class

How will these activities improve your student's communication skills?
These activities look at some of the different communication styles such as reading, writing, listening and speaking as well as the differences between verbal and non-verbal communication. If using the full length lesson plan, students will put their listening and speaking skills into practise with a storytelling task. Additionally, the lesson includes a focus on communication beyond the classroom, how it transfers between school and work, and even different kinds of job role, as well as why it is key to being successful in the workplace.

Lesson plan

(60 - 90 minutes)

This lesson helps students to explore different types of communication and how to effectively adapt their communication style.
Lesson learning outcomes
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:

Identify the essential aspects of good communication, including its contribution to effective teamwork

Demonstrate essential aspects of listening and speaking and other forms of communication

Explain potential consequences of poor communication at work

How can you use this to help your students understand why communication is important?
It gets students to reflect on their own communication methods as well as the consequences of poor communication, or a complete lack of communication and not listening to what is being communicated to them. It also asks students to think about the types of job roles it is important to have good communication skills for.

Facebook live film

In partnership with education charity The Talent Foundry, we have created a Communication skills overview film as part of a suite of Facebook live films. The film can be used as a lesson starter before delivering the full lesson plan, to introduce students to the importance of strong communication skills and how they can practise these skills in their everyday life.
Please note that students below the age of 14 cannot sign up for their own LifeSkills account. Any independent tasks must be printed or downloaded and provided digitally for them to complete as they are currently hosted on educator pages.
Interactive worksheet

The Top tips for communication interactive worksheet will help students develop their active listening skills and shows them how they can become an effective communicator. The worksheet can be printed or completed digitally, so can be used flexibly to build your students' listening and speaking skills. You might choose to assign it:

As homework following the Listening and speaking (communication) lesson

For independent study

For remote learning

Further support for developing communication skills in your students

Follow these activities with further communication skills lessons for this age group, which cover 'Communication and digital skills at work' , 'Communicating digitally in the world of work' and 'Building a positive online reputation' Why not build communication as a focus in your students' curriculum? Refer to our Content guide to find out how the LifeSkills lesson plan can be used in English and PSHE lessons.

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I'm a Scientist Debate Kits

From this page you can download all of the Debate Kits, and find further resources to use with each kit.
Make sure to sign up to receive copies of the latest kits as they're released!
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Do you know what your basic rights in work are? We'll help you explore them so that you can understand what to expect at work.

When you have a job, both you and your employer have certain rights and responsibilities. Many people, particularly young people, and those in entry level jobs, feel as though they have to tolerate any treatment they receive from their employers. This simply isn't true. In fact, many of your employment rights are legally protected, meaning that your employer is breaking the law and can be subjected to legal action if any of these rights are violated.

The first step to protecting your rights in the workplace is to know what they are. In today's article, we have laid out your basic rights to help you understand what you can expect at work.

You have a right to an employment contract

An employment contract is a written document stating the terms and conditions of your employment. Since April 2020, employers have had an obligation to give employees a written statement of employment from their first day of work.

You have a right to be paid at least minimum wage

The National Minimum Wage specifies the lowest amount your employer is allowed to pay you per hour. There are several NMW brackets depending on your age, and special Minimum Wage requirements for apprentices.

The current National Minimum Wage (2023) is £10.42 per hour for those aged 23 and over, £10.18 for those aged 21-22, £7.49 for those aged 18-20, and £5.28 for under 18s and apprentices. These rates are reviewed every year so when you get a job offer, always check to make sure your pay is at least the National Minimum Wage for your age.

If you work in a job where you receive tips, such as food service, your tips are extra and your employer is not allowed to count them towards National Minimum Wage.

You also have a right to be paid on time. Wage payment dates should be specified in your employment contract. Your employer is legally required to give you a payslip for every pay period with a breakdown of all your pay and any deductions.

You have a right to rest breaks at work and between shifts

If you work more than six hours in a day, you are entitled to an uninterrupted break of at least 20 minutes. This time doesn't have to be paid, though some employers do offer paid breaks. Check your contract to find out whether your breaks are paid or unpaid.

If you're under 18, you are entitled to a break if you work more than 4.5 hours and your break must be at least 30 minutes long. You are also not allowed to work more than 40 hours per week or 8 hours in any one day.

Adult workers must have at least 11 hours between shifts (i.e. if you finish work at 10pm, you are not allowed to start work again until at least 9am the following day). For under 18s, this rest period is 12 hours.

There are strict laws governing the hours young people are allowed to work. If you are under 18, you will not usually be allowed to work between 10pm and 6am. There are some exceptions ( find out more here) but the rules are tightly controlled and under 18s are forbidden from working between midnight and 4am in all circumstances.

You have a right to sick leave

If you are unwell, your employer has a legal obligation to give you reasonable time off from work without repercussions. This means they cannot sack or otherwise discipline you for being sick. Workers can be dismissed if a long-term illness makes it impossible for them to do their job, but the employer first has to consider reasonable adjustments and give the employee sufficient time to recover.

You should tell your employer as soon as you know you are too sick to work, and keep in touch regularly to keep them updated on when you think you will be able to return. Check your contract as some employers have specific rules on how sickness should be reported.

You can self-certify sickness for up to 7 days, including days you wouldn't normally work (so Monday - Sunday counts as 7 days even if you usually only work Monday - Friday). After that, you will need a fit note from your doctor if you are still too sick to work.

If you earn an average of at least £123 per week and are off work for more than 4 days in a row, you are entitled to statutory sick pay of £99.35 per week for the first 28 weeks of sickness. This applies even if you are on a zero hour contract.

You have a right to paid annual leave

Almost all employees in the UK are legally entitled to at least 5.6 weeks paid holiday each year. If you work full time, this means you should get at least 28 days of paid annual leave. If you work part time, you should receive at least 5.6 times your normal working week (so if you work 3 days per week, 3 x 5.6 = 16.8 paid leave days).

Your leave days can be made up of a mix of statutory public holidays ("bank holidays") and annual leave days for you to take when you choose. For example, many employers offer 4 weeks of paid annual leave plus the UK's 8 bank holidays, bringing the total to 28 days.

Some employers offer more than the statutory minimum annual leave, and some offer extra days under certain circumstances, such as when you have been employed for a specified number of years.

Paid annual leave laws apply to zero hours contract workers, agency and casual staff, shift workers, and those working irregular hours as well as to full-time employees.

You have a right to certain other types of time off

Annual leave and sick leave are not the only types of time off from work you may be entitled to. These include:

Parental (maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental, and unpaid parental) leave. Pregnant people have the right to time off for antenatal care and to up to 52 weeks maternity leave. Adoption leave lasts up to one year and paternity leave is usually for one or two weeks after birth or adoption. In many circumstances, parental leave must be paid. Read more about your parental leave rights here.

Time off for dependents. If there is an emergency involving someone who depends on you (such as a child, parent, spouse, or even an elderly) neighbour who relies on you for care, you are allowed to take short term unpaid time off to deal with it.

Time off for public duties. The most common example of this is jury service. If you are called to serve on a jury, your employer is legally required to release you from work for the duration of your service.

Time off for trade union activities. If your employer recognises a trade union, you are entitled to request reasonable time off for union activities such as acting as a representative. This does not include industrial action such as strikes.

Compassionate leave. Sometimes called bereavement leave, this is time off when someone close to you dies. Though not a legal requirement, most employers now have a compassionate leave policy in place. Check your contract to see what your company offers.

You have a right to be protected from discrimination and unfair treatment

There are strict laws in place governing equality and anti-discrimination in the workplace. The Equality Act 2010 specifies nine "protected characteristics":

Age

Disability

Sex

Gender reassignment

Marriage or civil partnership

Pregnancy and maternity

Race

Religion and belief

Sexual orientation

Your employer is not allowed to treat you less favourably as a result of any of these characteristics. This includes direct discrimination (such as paying men more than women), indirect discrimination (a policy which disadvantages one group more than another, such as Sunday working hours which impact people of a particular religion), harassment (such as using homophobic language towards a gay employee), and victimisation (treating someone badly after they have complained of discrimination).

Your employer is obligated to make sure you are not discriminated against in the workplace and to take any reports of discrimination and unfair treatment seriously.

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We provide a wide range of high-quality resources, including Your Money Matters the very first financial education textbook for secondary schools.

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We have a wide range of services to support those involved in delivering financial education. This ranges from our teacher training sessions to our Advisory Service.

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Our programmes range from the annual My Money Week to highly intensive in-school support, such as our Centre of Excellence programme, and the recognition of an individuals commitment and delivery of financial education through the Financial Champions Network.

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We have developed two frameworks which support the planning, teaching, and progression of financial education. They are designed to help you deliver financial education flexibly across your curriculum in citizenship, PSHE education, maths and beyond.

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Do you know your water footprint? - Science in School

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Fresh water is a scarce resource on our planet - but how many of us are aware of how much water is needed to make the foods we eat every day?
You are probably aware that the choices we make as consumers affect how much carbon dioxide is produced on our behalf - and thus how we can try to decrease our 'carbon footprint'. But have you ever thought about how much water is consumed in making the items we use daily? Fresh water is a limited resource on our planet - in fact, a shortage of fresh water is one of the most urgent global problems. So it's important that we all become more aware of our 'water footprint', which measures the amount of water used to produce each of the goods and services we use.

Lake Powell reservoir, Arizona, USA, providing the precious resource of fresh water
Udo S/Flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Although people are becoming aware of the large volumes of water needed to produce some of the items we wear (such as jeans or cotton T-shirts), there is perhaps less awareness of the huge contribution that food makes to our personal water footprint. In fact, it's by far the most important single factor: almost 80% of an individual's water footprint is linked to the food they eat. As a science teacher, I was inspired by this amazing fact to raise awareness among my students of the amount of water used in producing foods - and of the need to conserve water in our food choices and, of course, to avoid food waste wherever possible.

The activities described in this article allow students to explore the wide variation in water footprints associated with different foods, and then to apply this knowledge to finding out the water footprint of various ready-made 'lunch boxes'. Structured discussions after the activities can further encourage students to apply what they have learned in class to their own real-life dietary choices at school and at home. The calculations involved in evaluating the lunch boxes also require some careful arithmetic.

Activity 1: Guess the water footprint

In this activity, students guess the water footprint of some common foods, before finding out the answers from their teacher. This can be done with or without internet research, as the answers are provided within the activity. Students can work individually or in groups, remotely or in class.

Materials

List of food items (see table 1)

Optional: use of the internet to research water footprint values

Procedure

1. Ask the students to read the descriptions of each item and guess what the water footprint could be - that is, how much water is needed to produce the item. Students should choose from the following categories, entering the chosen letter in the third column of table 1:
A: 1-50 litres
B: 50-100 litres
C: 100-200 litres
D: 200-500 litres
E: 500-1000 litres
F: 1000-2000 litres
G: over 2000 litres
2. Once students have submitted their guesses, provide feedback via the answers in table 2.

It's important to emphasise that these figures are approximate and can vary greatly for different foods of the same type, depending on how that food and the ingredients it contains are produced.

Discussion

Water footprints tell us how much of Earth's limited water supplies we are using, so we can ask: how could each of us save water by making small changes to the items we consume?

Suggested follow-up questions to ask after this activity include:

Which water footprint values did you find most surprising? Did any shock you?

What types of food do you think typically have high water footprints, and why?

What factors do you think might contribute to the water footprint of a food?

Why might the water footprints of similar items (e.g. coffee and tea) be very different?

Look at the image of the available water on Earth. What does this tell you about the need to conserve water on Earth?

If you were required to reduce your water footprint, what effect would this have on you and your family?

One-third of the world's food production ends up as waste. How do you think we should reduce our food waste to decrease the amount of water wasted?

Students can use the internet to investigate these questions. Useful websites to use for water footprint values, and also for explanations regarding why these vary, are shown in the resources section at the end of this article.

One average hamburger has a very large water footprint: about 2400 litres.
Drozhzhina Elena/Shutterstock.com

A small cup of black coffee has a water footprint of about 130 litres - more than four times the value for a cup of tea.
Marco Verch/Flickr.com, CC BY 2.0

Activity 2: Lunch box water footprints

In this activity, students use their own research to work out the approximate water footprints of six ready-made lunch boxes. They can use this information to think about - and maybe change - what they choose to put in their own packed lunches. Again, students can work individually or in groups, remotely or in class.

A teacher resource with values for each item and calculations for each lunch box is provided, but please note that these values are not precise: they are based on approximate weights, and items grown in different countries will use different amounts of water depending on the raw materials needed to grow and harvest the item. There is thus wide variation in values for the same foodstuff between different sources.

Materials

Student resource: labelled lunch box photos (see figure 1 and additional materials section)

Teacher resource: calculations of approximate water footprint of lunch box contents (see additional materials section)

Internet access to research water footprint values (see resources section)

Figure 1: Some sample lunch boxes: can students work out the water footprint of each? Click on the image to enlarge.
Sinead Kelly/Nicola Graf

Procedure

1. Students view the labelled lunch box photos (either in class or remotely).

2. Each student (or group) chooses three or more lunch boxes (ideally all of them), for which to calculate the water footprint.

3. Using the internet and the links in the resources section, students find out the relevant values per kilogram (or similar) for each of the foods shown in the lunch box photos.

4. Using this information, students then calculate the water footprint for the amount of food shown in each lunch box and find the overall total for the complete box.

5. Teachers can provide feedback to students at this stage using the supporting resource sheet 'Lunch box calculations' (see additional materials section), which provides water footprint values for each of the foods.

6. Students can then compare and share their findings with others and consider the discussion questions below.

Discussion

Suggested follow-up questions for after this activity include:

Which lunch box had the highest water footprint? Which had the lowest?

Which items do you think represent the best 'value' in terms of their water footprint, and which the worst?

Choose an item from the lunch boxes and decide whether you think that item's water footprint is sustainable over years to come. Give your reasons.

Think about the items you would normally choose to put in your own lunch box. What might the overall water footprint be for your normal lunch box?

What items in your normal lunch box have the highest water footprint? How might you replace these with better options?

What other ways can you think of to reduce your food water footprint? (For example, change from coffee to tea, and from beef to chicken.)

Can you design a lunch box you would like that has a water footprint of no more than 300 litres?

The last question could be used as the basis for a student competition, with students voting for the best lunch box: the most tempting items combined with a low water footprint.

Resources

Use the product gallery on the Water Footprint Network website to obtain water footprint values for many items of food and drink, and some other consumables.

Find out more about all aspects of water footprints from the Water Footprint Network website.

Read this article on the FuturEnviro website about the large contribution our diet makes to our water footprint.

Explore water footprint values for some food items in this pictorial article from The Guardian newspaper.

Read about the water footprints of many different types of consumer product in this book. See:

Author(s)

Sinead Kelly is a teacher of science, biology and physical education at St Oliver's Community College in Drogheda, Ireland. Sinead has been teaching for 19 years, in Ireland, England and Zambia. She was a member of the Irish Science on Stage team in 2019, and she is also one of the authors of an educational science book, Investigating Science (2016, Gill Education).

Review

Fresh water is a limited resource that is unevenly distributed on Earth and put at further risk by climate change and the growing world population. This article provides teachers and students with an excellent opportunity to address a critical global issue by means of simple but stimulating activities.

Starting from everyday experiences of eating and drinking, the author engages students with a quiz about the water footprint of common foods and beverages, leading them to understand the hidden resource consumption needed to bring these products to our table. Students are then presented with several different lunch boxes and challenged to find a tasty and sustainable selection of food for their own meal.

I recommend this activity to secondary school teachers interested in addressing sustainability issues in a friendly and engaging way, which is aimed at promoting responsible choices and behaviours among their students. In addition, the activities can be easily carried out at school or remotely, as only a computer and internet access are required.

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