Greenhouse gases

Generation Green supports Science and Geography, with an emphasis on Active Citizenship and personal responsibility. It also supports the NFSS and Eco-Schools initiatives. The tabs below show how each lesson links into your curriculum. Where specifications are changing, links to both current and revised specifications are included.

Taking part also develops a number of important life skills for students, and for your school, which can enhance your work towards becoming more sustainable.

KS3/S1-3 Assembly Plans

This Assembly makes students think about their energy usage, and how their future will be effected.

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Teaching resources

Primary lesson plans

Secondary lesson plans

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Curriculum links

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This lesson is one in a series that prepares students for an energy audit of their school.

During this lesson students consider the rise in the world population, its effect on energy demands and the environmental implication of these effects. Students will consider ways of reducing this environmental impact by reducing energy consumption within their school.

Learning objectives

To consider global warming issues around the world and the impact on the environment.
To consider ways in which the school community can help reduce the amount of energy consumed by the school.
To consider ways of scientifically measuring this energy saving.

Curriculum links
England (KS3)	Science: Sc1: 1b, 2a 2c, Sc4: 5a, 5c, 5e, 5f Geography: 1b, 1f, 3d, 3e, 6f, 6k, 7d Citizenship: 2c, 2b PSHE: 4g New KS3 from Sep 08 Science: 3.4b-c, 4b-c, 4g, 4k Geography: 1.1a, 1.3a-b, 1.4 a-b, 1.5a, 1.6 a-b 2.1 f-g, 3h, 4i, 4h Citizenship: 2.3b PSHE: 4e
Scotland (S1 – S3)	5-14 Guidelines Environmental studies – level A-F 5.8 Developing informed attitudes: Social and environmental responsibility (cross level) 5.12 Science: Energy and forces (cross level) Skills in social subjects: Preparing for a task Skills in science: Preparing for a task 3-18 Curriculum for excellence Science: Planet earth: sustainability Planet earth: Climate and Earth Science Energy and the Environment: energy sources Topical Science Social Studies: people, place and environment
Wales (KS3)	Science: Scientific enquiry: 3.1, 3.3, 3.6 Life processes and living things: 3. 1-4 Physical processes: 5.1, 5.3, 5.4 Geography: 1.10, 3.9, 3.10 New KS3 from Sep 08 Science: Skills - Planning 2, 3 Range - Independence of Organisms 6, How Things Work 5 Geography: Skills – Investigating 1, Understanding places, environments and processes 3 Range – People and the planet, Threatened environment, How environments and people interact?, How and why environments change?, How can my actions and those of other people make a difference, locally, nationally and globally? PSE: Skills – Developing thinking, Developing communication, Working with others Range - Sustainable development and global citizenship