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 century science programme. Life In the Water looks at the crucial place of plankton in the Arctic food chain and as indicators of global warming. Both video clips and classroom activities have been produced to resource the new GCSE Core Science specifications, but with a little adaptation, this is also suitable for all year groups 11- 16. Free to download.
The High Arctic is a GCSE Geography module on Extreme Landscapes, that was piloted in 2004 as part of the new Geography 21 curriculum, and is now available to buy from the Geographical Association. The High Arctic includes a teaching pack with a 40 min DVD film, a 140 page teachers manual, and for each student a colour booklet and interactive CD-ROM.
Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change - the first major book title from Cape Farewell is available now Burning Ice: Art & Climate Change charts the experiences of artists who have voyaged with Cape Farewell and the work they have subsequently produced. The publication also features essays from leading scientists, advisers and other specialists on climate change, energy efficiency, ocean science and carbon trading.
Art From A Changing Arctic - the BBC broadcast documentary is available now on DVD. Art From A Changing Arctic, broadcast on BBC2 and BBC4 in 2006, is now available on DVD. Witness the artists' response to the harsh environment and their take on the very visible impacts of climate change on the extraordinary yet vulnerable Arctic landscape.
For more details on all of these, please visit the Cape Farewell website.
