Cape Farewell Education aims to: facilitate learning about climate change and participation in the climate change debate among teachers and pupils in UK schools. give school students a voice in the climate change debate and to enable them to take what they have learnt and talked about back home into their communities and families spread enthusiasm and strategies for learning about climate change throughout UK schools. We have a number of resources available to teachers and pupils Life in the Water is a GSCE Science resource commissioned by Nuffield Curriculum Centre and developed with scientists at the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton as part of the 21st centu...

This US Environmental Protection Agency site contains a wealth of information for both adults and students for understanding the science behind global warming, greenhouse gases and the impacts of climate change. There are articles, animations, games, a carbon calculator, and links to many other web resources and teacher lesson plans. Activity: Using the article titled “Climate” to introduce students to the basics of climate change science. Lead the class to explore the topic further with the...

This website provides the data for students to follow the spring migrations of many different animals, including the gray whale that migrates from California to Alaska. It also provides an exciting “Mystery Class” project where students track the changing photoperiod of sunlight and seasons from January to April and try to identify the location of the 10 mystery classes based on the amount of sunlight they receive each week. Teachers are required to register their classes to take part in the project, but the registration is free. Activity: Students receive sunrise and sunset times for their mystery classes each week and graph the information. On the spring equinox they discover the longitude of their mystery classes by comparing their information to Greenwich, Eng...

This website provides the data for students to follow the spring migrations of many different animals, including the gray whale that migrates from California to Alaska. It also provides an exciting “Mystery Class” project where students track the changing photoperiod of sunlight and seasons from January to April and try to identify the location of the 10 mystery classes based on the amount of sunlight they receive each week. Teachers are required to register their classes to take part in the project, but the registration is free. Activity: Students receive sunrise and sunset times for their mystery classes each week and graph the information. On the spring equinox they discover the longitude of their mystery classes by comparing their information to Greenwich, Eng...

This website provides the data for students to follow the spring migrations of many different animals, including the gray whale that migrates from California to Alaska. It also provides an exciting “Mystery Class” project where students track the changing photoperiod of sunlight and seasons from January to April and try to identify the location of the 10 mystery classes based on the amount of sunlight they receive each week. Teachers are required to register their classes to take part in the project, but the registration is free. Activity: Students receive sunrise and sunset times for their mystery classes each week and graph the information. On the spring equinox they discover the longitude of their mystery classes by comparing their information to Greenwich, Eng...