Let’s talk rubbish! When carrying out a waste audit in your school, the aim is to find out if there are opportunities to reduce your waste even further. The best way to go about this is by actually finding out exactly what type of waste you generate and then to weigh the waste your self. […]
Otters depend on our freshwater habitats for their livelihood. Find out more by downloading our fact-sheet from the download button below!
The moorhen is a common river bird and can be found on ponds, lakes, canals and rivers around the country and it is widespread across Europe. It can be quite secretive and likes to hide in the reeds at the edge of the riverbank. Find out more by downloading our fact-sheet from the download button […]
Weird and wonderful! The lamprey is an ancient, parasitic fish living the quiet life in our rivers… Find out more by downloading our fact-sheet from the download button below!
Have you ever seen a Kingfisher? Learn about one of our most beautiful river birds. Find out more by downloading our fact-sheet from the download button below.
Check out our fact sheet to find out more about one of Ireland’s most distinctive birds – the Grey Heron. Find out more by downloading our fact-sheet from the download button below.
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. Base it on the findings of you Environmental Review (baseline survey results, walking/cycling audits); include steps to […]
This is the ultimate guide if you’re thinking of planning something for #ClimateActionWeek with lots of ideas and inspiration as well as a handy checklist – start here!
This is the ultimate guide if you’re thinking of planning something for #ClimateActionWeek with lots of ideas and inspiration as well as a handy checklist – start here!
The 3 step guide to hosting a Climate Conversation. We need to talk about climate change!
Find out exactly what four primary schools did for #ClimateActionWeek last year and get your thinking caps on!
Read all about Loreto High School Beaufort and their Climate Action Week campaign.
The Climate Action Teacher Resource has been devised to equip Geography, C.S.P.E., Science, English (and more!) teachers with the tools and guidance to explore the topic of climate change through their curriculum.
Use some of these survey questions to see how much your students (and staff!) have learnt about climate change before and after #ClimateActionWeek.
Use some of these survey questions to see how much your students (and staff!) have learnt about climate change before and after #ClimateActionWeek.
Learning about the Earth, it’s living creatures and the threats to the environment and to biodiversity can also be done through a movie!
Use this poster to showcase your planned events during #ClimateActionWeek
When a group of friends arrive to play at their local park, they find a crowd of adults running around. The grown-ups are making a BIG mess and upsetting the animals…so the children decide to do something about it! ‘We Want Our Park Back’ has been written and illustrated by Oisín McGann and produced by […]
This resource has been written to accompany the Junior Storybook ‘We Want Our Park Back!’ and is full of lesson plans, games and activities for every Green-Schools theme.
What do you think makes a city sustainable? What do you think makes a city not sustainable? Follow the directions to create an unsustainable and sustainable city with this activity! WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
Bare root trees can be planted anytime between October and March. Before you start, take a look around your neighbourhood and work out which species of native tree are growing– this will give you an idea of what might do well in your soil. Most trees can grow in a range of soil types but […]
On average, trees in the shade or in a forest grow 1.5cm per year. In full light they can grow 2.5cms. However, all trees grow at different rates and other factors will affect this rate, such as soil type, access to water and prevailing winds, closeness to the sea/salty winds, being eaten by animals, etc. […]
Two exercise templates for calculating the height and age of a Tree
Find a variety of trees to measure on the school grounds or local park, and use this lesson plan as a guide.
An experiment activity to investigate evaporation.
An experiment activity to explore water pollution with celery.
A quiz sheet to do after watching the video ‘The Story of Water’.
An experiment that looks how Climate Change has an effect on our oceans
A Shower Time Challenge for students to do for homework.
A quiz sheet for the video ‘Our Water from Cloud to Glass’.
A Sink the Boat Experiment the explores why objects float or sink.
An Eco Car Wash challenge for students to do at home.
An experiment that creates a DIY rain gauge.
A quiz sheet for ‘The Water Treatment Process’ video.
To be used with Penguin Tube Worksheet
To accompany Lesson Plan: Penguins, Pledges, and Climate Change
Do some spooky science with this fun and simple experiment investigating displacement.
Instructions to make a DIY underwater viewer for a pond or stream.
A fun experiment exploring water density by making a rainbow in a glass.
An experiment exploring sound waves by making a DIY xylophone.
An experiment exploring how rain is made.
A guide for doing a mini walk for water, as Gaeilge.
An experiment that helps explain how sea turtles can mistake plastic bags as jellyfish by making a plastic bag jellyfish.
This smell and taste experiment is a fun way of highlighting important issues around water pollution.
An experiment that shows how water is filtered.
An experiment that shows why wipes should not be flushed down the toilet.
