Provide quality curriculum-linked outdoor education in sustainability and climate change for pupils aged 7-11 with the authors of the bestselling National Curriculum Outdoors series. Designed to bring contemporary issues to life, this book contains everything you need to embed sustainability and climate change into your science curriculum, including key subject knowledge, case studies and a complete set of progressions for Key Stage 2. The detailed lesson plans are based around outdoor activities and are all in line with the Science National Curriculum. The book covers the following: - essential curriculum concepts - how to teach species identification - how to encourage pupils to care for the natural world - full curriculum-aligned lesson plans of outdoor activities, crafted to engage children in their local and global environments - ways to progress pupil's learning through leadership, both in a model science curriculum and through the reformation of their own school grounds. Situating this teaching outside the classroom ensures that the developing concepts and knowledge are grounded in the real world, and outdoor learning also has proven benefits for children's mental health and wellbeing. The guidance and templates for development planning are underpinned by current research, while vivid case studies bring these ideas to life.

Promoting the inclusion of climate change and sustainability issues within the primary curriculum, this cutting-edge guide provides age-appropriate activities, curriculum links and opportunities for progression in knowledge and skills across lower and upper KS2. Designed to bring contemporary issues to life, the set of progressions include engaging and detailed lesson plans based around the Science National Curriculum throughout KS2. The book introduces essential curriculum concepts and teaches species identification, showing pupils how to encourage care and action for the natural world through outdoor activities linked to key curriculum goals. It demonstrates ways to progress children's learning through leadership in a model science curriculum and by the reformation of their own school grounds. Situating this teaching outside the classroom ensures that the developing concepts and knowledge are grounded in the real world, and being outdoors also has huge benefits for children's mental health and wellbeing. The guidance and templates for development planning are underpinned by current research, while vivid case studies bring these ideas to life.

Covering environmental education at Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum, this book consists of topic-based, cross-curricular ideas and 54 copymasters.

'Children, Their World, Their Education' presents the findings and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review.

In Essays on Pedagogy, Robin Alexander brings together some of his most powerful writing, drawing on his research in Britain and other countries over the past two decades.

With the establishment, on 1 April 2007, of the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, Ofsted's responsibilities for inspecting children's services changed substantially, with Ofsted now regulating and inspecting childcare, children's social care and provision for learners of all ages. This report covers the first full year of reporting on the organisation's new remit. The first section presents an evaluation of the quality and standards in care, early education, schools, colleges, adult learning and skills, and children's services. It is based on evidence from more than 45,000 inspections and regulatory visits in 2007-08. The second section draws on Ofsted's thematic inspections and surveys in the different areas of its remit. This section evaluates the effectiveness with which providers seek to address three important matters: improving the life chances of the least advantaged members of society through excellence in provision; safeguarding children and young people from neglect, abuse and other forms of harm; and enabling learners to acquire the skills they need to succeed in their working lives. The Chief Inspector is encouraged by the recognition that much is going well for so many children, young people and adult learners, but frustrated that there is still too much that is patently inadequate and too many settings and institutions where the rate of improvement is unacceptably slow.

The new third edition provides environmental scientists with an approach that focuses on visuals rather than excessive content. The streamlined coverage discusses the basic science so students walk away with a strong understanding of the facts. New Think Critically and Data Interpretation features encourage them to analyse visuals and graphs to place information in context. The illustrations have been improved and additional opportunities to conduct real data analysis have been added. The What a Scientist Sees feature also gives environment scientists a real-world perspective of how a concept or phenomenon is applied in the field.

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