Sustainability Teaching Resources
A collection of primary teaching resources to use when learning about sustainability. Resources include posters, worksheets, comprehension pieces and lesson plans. Use the posters as a reminder to your students about how they can implement sustainable practices in the classroom and at home. This includes information on composting, as well as how to reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink and repair.
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Earth Watch – Drowning in Plastic Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about plastic pollution in our oceans.
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Sustainability Footprints Word Wall
6 different footprint shaped word wall cards to be used as labels or for vocabulary.
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Recycling Soft Plastics – Worksheet
A flow chart and accompanying worksheet exploring the process of soft plastics recycling.
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Earth Watch: Protecting Native Plants and Animals – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for an article about ways to keep our native animals and plants safe.
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Saving Water - Fact Sheet and Worksheet
A teaching resource to be used in the classroom when learning about water conservation and the Earth.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink and Repair Posters
A set of 5 posters explaining the concepts behind reducing, reusing, recycling, rethinking and repairing waste.
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Overfishing Infographic Poster
An infographic displaying important facts and statistics about overfishing.
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Comprehension - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
A comprehension activity about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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My Ecological Footprint Worksheet
A worksheet which will have the students evaluate their ecological footprint and compare it with the class.
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Material World Resource Pack
33 pages of worksheets, posters and classroom displays about about natural and man-made materials
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Waste Management Investigation - How Much Waste Do We Throw Away?
A practical investigation related to sustainable waste management.
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Sustainability Sorting Game
A fun sustainability game for students to play in the classroom.
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Enviro Ranger Pledge and Licence
An environmental pledge and student licence to promote and celebrate sustainability.
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Man-made Disasters Posters with Information
A set of four man-made disaster posters with information.
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Straw No More Information Poster
This poster contains information about the Straw No More project, encouraging schools to stop using single-use plastic straws.
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Earth Overshoot Day Poster
An infographic poster showing the implications of Earth Overshoot Day.
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The Ecological Footprint Poster
An infographic poster showing the implications of The Ecological Footprint.
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Classroom Energy Audit Worksheet
An investigation that will have students observing the energy usage in their classroom and proposing action to reduce energy waste.
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Student Lunch Box Audit Worksheet
An investigation that will have students calculating the waste produced from their lunch boxes, creating a plan of action to reduce their waste and reflecting on their results.
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 6
"For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever." - Henry David Thoreau
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 9
"Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 8
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." - Edward Everett Hale
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 4
"No excuses! Take responsibility for your actions!"
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Sustainability in the Community Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the vocabulary of sustainability.
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 2
"Make choices that will forge a positive difference."
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Make Every Day Earth Day Poster
A poster that encourages students to think about the Earth every day!
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 5
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 7
"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little." - Sydney Smith
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Sustainability in Occupations Worksheet
A worksheet that allows students to research sustainability factors in a variety of occupations.
