Celebrate bees with Green-Schools by making origami buzzing bees and and learn some cool facts about our flying pals. This video is a step-by-step guide to make an Origami Bee and is suitable for senior primary students or secondary students. All you will need is some paper and some concentration! If you want to share […]
Two different Marine crosswords one in English and one in Irish.
To familiarise students with plant life-cycles, and to raise awareness about the role and importance of biodiversity in plant life-cycles and in food production generally.
To improve food literacy, to raise awareness about the origins of various food items, and to increase participants’ awareness of the impacts of their food choices on the environment.
Explore this resource to discover why the challenge is important, see how students are saving water, and find out how your school can get involved.
Looking to share more information around your school about recycling and bin management? Use these slides to help you and your committee confidently present useful tips to your classmates. Don’t forget to check the notes! Want to test everyone’s knowledge after the workshop? No better way to finish than with a Recycling Quiz ! […]
Through this lesson, students will be able to: 1. Recognise that they belong to different groups and communities (home, county, country, continent, planet). 2. Identify the names of their county, country, and continent, and understand that they are all part of the planet Earth. 3. Appreciate that people around the world live in different places […]
Marine worksheet in English agus i nGaeilge
Get involved with World Recycling Day by taking our quiz! Looking to share more information around your school about recycling and bin management? Use these slides to help you and your committee confidently present useful tips to your classmates Access the powerpoint here – don’t forget to check the notes!
Join Rob and Hans as they talk you through the key points of setting up your Green-Schools Committee.
Join Aiden and Lukasz as they give you tips and tricks for facilitating meetings.
This activity will show you how you are connected to many different people and countries across the globe.
This activity will show you how you are connected to many different people and countries across the globe.
Templates to support schools wishing to monitor bicycle parking, survey cycling safety awareness and promote bicycle safety checks are available in Irish and English. These will help you identify actions for your travel action plan.
Scores on the doors is a great way to monitor your travel theme. Students names are entered into the sheet which is then placed on the classroom door. Students note how they travelled to school when they arrive in class and committee members collect the sheets later in the day to see how many students […]
Travel surveys are an integral part of the travel themes. These are used to establish your starting point and guide your travel action plan. To support schools in the implementation of the theme, Green-Schools Travel has compiled a series of basic survey templates in Irish and English that schools can choose and edit according to […]
The Action Plan should be put together early in your Green-Schools Travel programme, and it is one of your most important steps; it is the blueprint for the work you are going to do on the Travel theme. To support schools in the travel action planning process, Green-Schools Travel compiled some tips and ideas for travel planning […]
Park and Stride is a great way to walk part of your journey to school! Improves air quality and safety at the school gate, and promotes healthy walking habits.
Use this handy reference to identify types of lunch packaging and how to dispose of it properly!
Learn how the Let’s Fix Fashion campaign address SDG’s 12, 14, 15; 13; 6; and 1, 3, 4, 8 Learn more about the Let’s Fix Fashion campaign here
We give you the best tips and tricks to conduct a waste audit in your school! This resource is in English and Irish and is suitable for all school levels.
Ever wondered how birds are able to build their own nests just using their beaks and feet? See how difficult it is for you with your hands! Can you build one good enough to keep an egg safe??
Learn about our tastebuds and follow along with our video demonstration and prepare some simple sauces that appeal to our 5 basic taste groups. Get your ingredients list and full instructions in the worksheet below
In English and Irish!

Students explore a variety of fresh foods using all of their senses in this interactive lesson.
