Resources include:
- Citizenship education: the global dimension (a booklet available in pdf
from www.citizenship-global.org.uk)
- Environment teacher's packs, Key Stage 1, 2, 3 (designed to complement
the national curriculum; include colourful wall charts, photocopiable worksheets
and teacher's notes. Download from www.environment-agency.gov.uk/education/schools/resource.htm)
- Ratcliffe, Mary (ed), ASE Guide to Secondary Science Education, 1998 (contains
a number of relevant articles: those on understanding evidence, the nature
of science, environmental education and social and ethical applications of
science)
- The Charis Project, Charis Science Units A1-A9, 2000 (teacher resources
promoting moral and spiritual development through the school curriculum. Available
through the Association for Science Education website - www.ase.org.uk)
- Hicks, David, Citizenship for the future: a practical classroom guide, WWF
UK, 2001
- Development Education Centre, Learning today... with tomorrow in mind, sustainable
development education, Birmingham, 2000 (see www.cee.org.uk/index.html)
- Fullick, P L and Ratcliffe, M (eds), Teaching Ethical Aspects of Science,
1996 (available through www.ase.org.uk; case study 3, ‘Ethical considerations
in the personal use of energy', is particularly relevant)
- Solomon, J, SATIS 16-19: How does society decide? ASE, Hatfield, 1992
(provides very useful material for the teacher)
- www.nc.uk.net/esd (QCA's education for sustainable development website;
includes information about what education for sustainable development is and
useful resources
- Association for Science Education (ASE) Science Year CD-ROM, 'can we; should we?'
- useful websites, eg
- www.create.org.uk (Centre for
Research, Education and Training in Energy)
- www.schoolenergy.org.uk
(encourages staff and pupils to think about the energy used by the school)
- www.cat.org.uk (Centre for Alternative
Technology, mid-Wales)
- www.cse.org.uk (Centre for Sustainable
Energy; particularly the page on fuel poverty within the UK)
- www.acres.org.uk (Anglian Centre
for Renewable Energy Study; useful information and links to other websites)
- www.natenergy.org.uk (National
Energy Foundation; information about energy conservation)
- www.dti.gov.uk/energy (the
Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) energy website)
- www.dti.gov.uk/renewable/ed_pack/trail.html
(a DTI site; pupils follow an educational trail that gives helpful information
on current UK renewable energy use, with examples)
- www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/eiyp/intro.htm
(a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) site containing
data, notes, graphs and charts on a wide variety of environmental issues,
ranging from air quality, waste and recycling and radioactivity to wildlife
and public attitudes)
- www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/schools/
(DEFRA's global warming website; contains activities for 12-16 year-olds)
- www.wastewatch.org.uk (information
on waste reduction, reuse and recycling, including educational packages
for schools)
- www.efw.org.uk (Energy from Waste
Association)
- www.ase.org.uk/aselinks/
(Association for Science Education)
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