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Alice Brierley, Maheen Tahir, Alyssa Checkley and Shazeen Akmal

Subject: Maths and Computer Science

Year Group focus: YR 9

Learning Objective: To understand the impact of climate change

Overall Idea

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30-60 mins: Introduce data sets and visual graphs - Classroom discussion and interactive activities based on the graphs

Main task: Nature based activities: e.g., nature walk. Tally chart on things like how much litter they see (this is up to the students to decide what they want to explore). At the end, the class nominate themselves for the Climate Hero Cert from WWF.

PSHE lesson

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Mixed ability Year 9 group in Nuneaton which has a park nearby. Students will work in groups.

Prior learning: students are able to construct bar charts/tally charts- if students have forgotten, it would take 5 mins to recap. Students would have already looked at climate change within their Geography lessons.

It will increase student awareness of climate change, increase nature connectedness (particularly because they will choose to tally an area that they want to) and allow students to work collaboratively with one another.

Learning strands

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Knowledge:

-Climate change statistics and the impact this has on the world. Students will be given an article and shown a video.

-Nature walk gives them a chance to go outside to the local park where they can see the effects of climate change in a real life setting

-Link Maths and Computer Science to the environment through creation of of whichever visual method students choose for example, bar charts, pie charts etc. Python can be used to illustrate this.

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Critical Thinking Skills: The ability to analyse information, question assumptions and make reasoned judgements.

Problem Solving skills: identify challenges and finding creative and effective solutions.

Collaboration: working effectively with others, respecting diverse perspectives and contributing to team goals.

Communication: expressing ideas clearly and listening.

Digital literacy: using technology effectively and safely for learning and communication.

Adaptability: being flexible and open to change, learning and embracing new ideas.

Global Warming and its Effects- National Geographic

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Teach the pupils to analyse environmental datasets (results from the tally charts) and create visualisations using excel, google sheets, or python. and learn basic concepts for predicting trends like using linear regression to forecast temperature changes

Environmental awareness:

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understanding the basics of climate change, ecosystems, sustainability, and the impact of human activities on the environment.

technological understanding:

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familiarity with emerging technologies and their implications for society

WWF- Climate Hero Certificate

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Values - sustainability:

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valuing and striving for sustainable practices in everyday life.

Large Data Set - CO2 Emissions

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Whole class discussion of data sets/ impact of climate change/ what students do at home to tackle climate change.
Watching videos/reading articles on climate change.
Group work on nature walk.
Link to subject studies through tally charts/ bar charts.
Empowering student voice as they are able to pick a topic of their choice and present to their peers- think of creative solutions

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Met Office Climate Data

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Precipitation - Temperature - Sea Level - Observations (past) - Projections (Future) - Socioeconomic Data UK SSPs

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Teacher will nominate the best group/ the whole class for WWF Climate Hero Certification.

Eco Schools 10 Topics to Consider

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Class presentation

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Each group will present their findings and climate change summary to the class.

Sequence of learning

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Students will be presented with historical figures on climate change. Opportunity for class discussion/ what the students do at home that contributes towards a better environment. 30-60 mins
Nature walk- students will pick their own area of interest and will observe this in a nearby park e.g., how much litter they find. 1 hour
After the nature walk, students will create a form of data visualisation to illustrate their data e.g., bar charts. 30 mins
Students will research for a way to reduce this based on their chosen topic and create a presentation or a poster. 1hr 30-2hrs
Students will present their ideas to the class. 1hr
Best presentation will be nominated for WWF certification.

To gain appreciation of nature, from doing the nature walk. Pupils can then plant and grow plants or trees at the school, to continue understanding the sustainable practices.

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Following on from what students have learnt about the impacts of climate change and the nature walk students can get involved in activities improving the school grounds. As this is one of the eco schools 10 topics.

This could involve students planting trees, growing plants, or even starting a vegetable patch which would link to one of the other 10 topics which is healthy eating.

Alternatively students could think about creating habitats for wildlife such as making bird houses or bug hotels and planting bee friendly flowers including leaving some areas of grass to overgrow providing habitats for animals.

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