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Students are conducting environmental surveys around the school and we are partnering up with the biology department to find creative ways of developing the biodiversity further.

We are also planning to label many of the trees around the campus so that younger years can find out more about them.

On the expedition for D of E, students are being encouraged to teach lessons in the local state school beforehand and will be raising money for medical faclitiies in the area of the expedition as well.

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As part of the school's student environmental committee, I am asking IB students to take the lead in meetings for younger years.

The roles I want them to embrace include educating younger years on basic environmental issues from climate change to plastic pollution. I also want them to take on the challenges of improving their school and local environment to improve biodiversity.

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I am currently heading a student environmental group at school meaning there are plenty of opportunities for CAS.

There are lots of blank walls around the school which I am currently organising student designed murals about climate change.

My plan is to get IB students to lead younger years with the design and implementation of these murals.

We are also going to be running a bug hotel competition which once I have established the sites, 6th for students will be running.

I hope at the end of the academic year, we can see which bug hotels were the most effective at boosting biodiversity around the school.

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Activity: Some of our students have built on a teachers recent trip to Kenya and have developed a project to raise money and awareness for female empowerment. They are running a project in which they raise money for female sanitary products in school.

Creativity: Marketing and developing ways to fund raise and raise awareness throughout the school. Some students have created and delivered lessons to younger students.

Service: Our school has run collaborative Humanities trips before in which students volunteer and work with a local community in bottom up development projects. A few years ago it was to Nepal to for afforestation and education.

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We have had tree-planting projects supported by national charities. Students could develop this further to investigate where best to plant them, and then what has been lacking before is an after-care programme! To keep the trees alive and nurture them a bit more. Students could potentially also work with primary schools to help them plan their tree planting etc.

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We do the Duke of Edinburgh scheme at school, so students have some experience of planning their own expeditions, but for their CAS they could plan another one with a specific focus linked to their geography units- coastal, fluvial... and then they go on it and present back.

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Another idea could be do create a photography portfolio with climate change and it's impact on the local area as a theme, exploring and categorising the effects.

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For creativity: students could work with younger pupils in feeder primary schools to design a world map mural project- where they plan it all out and include teaching about geography and place and then actually paint it around the school somewhere.

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At my previous school we did lots of different CAS projects and they were across different subjects.
1. A group of 50 students did a 48 hour swimathon to raise money and awareness of surf living and also stay alive program which helps educate all primary school aged children in Australia to learn to swim
2. Bake off: They sold cupcakes to support to local domestic violence centre and make a video for change to demonstrate the issue and that it can 'happen to anyone'
3. Adopt a Koala: With last years bushfires in Australia the group joined a local NGO to raise awareness and create a picture book which funds raised went to the local koala shelter to help the koala population

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I think with geography we are lucky as connections of CAS can be made with relative ease.

Creativity - Students could work with other students in lower grades to recycle trash - using that trash to create awareness of how much product (plastic/paper) is wasted.
Students could also create diaries to highlight how much food they waste.

Action - Students could take part in a coastal cleanup. We live in a city that sits along one of the biggest lakes in China. Time could be taken to remove trash from this area. Students could also work together to tidy the schools gardens, or opposingly, organise a wilding project in and around school.

Service - Could be to create or join a local organisation to make the previous ideas permanent. So awareness of paper, plastic and food waste can be continued into the future. Continuing a wilding project would aim to secure more bees in the area. As well as other insects.

Perhaps service and action could be intertwined here?

Luke

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From Valentina CAS activities that can be linked to Geography: Activity: Clean up activities Creativity: Inspiring videos on global climate protection Service: Booklets on tips for reducing air pollution I have had a conversation/interview with our coordinator regarding our CAS activities. One of our students is creating a booklet on how to play chess and other students are still working in their ideas as this is the first time for some of them. 

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From Valentina CAS activities that can be linked to Geography: Activity: Clean up activities Creativity: Inspiring videos on global climate protection Service: Booklets on tips for reducing air pollution I have had a conversation/interview with our coordinator regarding our CAS activities. One of our students is creating a booklet on how to play chess and other students are still working in their ideas as this is the first time for some of them. 

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Geography and CAS in Nur Sultan. From David

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Geography and CAS in Nur Sultan. From David

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The International School of Astana is engaged in energy-saving practices such as the conservation of electricity through the use of energy-saving bulbs and bulbs with sensors such that light only appears when people are within the area. We are also recycling paper and encouraging digital learning to reduce the use of paper. Our students will soon be involved in wetlands regeneration activities within the city. We are also considering an afforestation program after winter because Nur Sultan (formerly Astana) is a very windy city and few forestry activities have taken place. This shall be done in conjunction with the local community and conservation groups.

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From Jessica  another service idea here specifically related to Geography in our area is involvement in local bush regeneration.  The Cooks River near to us has needed many trees re-planted, service could be done in assisting in the community on a Sunday morning. 

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From Jessica  another service idea here specifically related to Geography in our area is involvement in local bush regeneration.  The Cooks River near to us has needed many trees re-planted, service could be done in assisting in the community on a Sunday morning. 

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Our school is in the process of going green and the students could look at ways to use less plastic, electricity, and cultivate more green areas here.  Next year will be our first year with DP so everything is at a grassroots stage including me as a DP teacher!!