EGS Project

Climate change and interrelated subject areas such as the energy sector or the global carbon cycle are covered in different school subjects today. This is not sufficient for climate detectives: they want to be active because they have understood that the climate change affects their future.

What is closer to home than making sure, first of all, that one’s own school is“climate friendly”?!

However, where should you begin? With the school photocopier that is switched on all day long? With the windows in the corridor that are tilted open in winter? Or would it be better to start with the daily journey to school for the pupils and teachers?

Please notice: The pedagogical material, which we introduce to you at this page, is in German language. A German version of this information is available under www.umweltschulen.de/klima/bildung_klima.html.

Primary School (Grades 1 to 4)

Social Sciences Learnscape. Weather & Climate. Logbook

The logbook is a workbook for pupils. It guides the students through a teaching project on the subject of the weather and climate. In contrast to several of the other materials to be presented below, weather phenomena are not at the forefront. Instead, the three equal columns of the project are the weather, climate (zones, change) and climate protection. In the “climate protection” section, the children investigate, for example, wind power stations and hydroelectric power stations, products from supermarkets (their origin), their daily route to school, opportunities to save energy and the advantages and disadvantages of eating meat.

The logbook is part of the Weather & Climate learnscape for social sciences in primary school. Furthermore, this includes a teaching guide, a bibliography of tasks and a lexicon file index.

Please notice: The pedagogical material, which we introduce to you at this page, is in German language. A German version of this information is available under www.umweltschulen.de/energie/bildung_energie.html.

Primary school (Year 1 to 4)

Fireworks & dancing sparks

The book will help children to get to know about the phenomenon of fire. It also contains a lot ideas for activities - games, songs and dances, experiments, stories and customs related to the subject of fire.

Sybille Günther. Ökotopia. Münster. 2nd Edition 2003. 140 pages ; 27 x 22 cm. ISBN: 3-931902-85-4

On 14.3.2010, EGS partner ZIEL 21 held a training session together with the Ökologisches Bildungszentrum München. The pupils who took part in this course are those committed to energy saving and efficient handling of energy as the energy officer for their class. Now, they are back at school, invigorated for their task and equipped with a pupil activity book.

All energy officers at the Viscardi Gymnasium, the Gymnasium in Gröbenzell and Germering’s Max-Born-Gymnasium could take part.

The following issues were discussed:

• What does eating have to do with climate protection?
• How much energy do I use at home and at school?
• What energy saving tips can I pass on to my fellow students?
• If a lesson is cancelled, what films can I organise on the subject of climate protection and energy transformation?
• What are renewable raw materials and how do they work in practice?
• What new ideas relating to energy efficiency can I implement at school?