My Green School: Curriculum-Linked Lessons
My Green School is an initiative developed by Open-City to give children aged 7 to 11 across the UK the opportunity to learn about, and be inspired by sustainable architecture through first hand investigations of their own school building.
Through the My Green School Curriculum-Linked Lessons students are encouraged to explore the main themes of sustainable design through a series of subject based activities, which can be delivered in a whole class setting or as part of Learning Outside the Classroom.
The lessons support curriculum innovation in the delivery of learning about sustainable architecture and are planned to support teaching and learning at Key Stage 2.
Practical activities show how you can embed learning about sustainable design in to the whole school curriculum, through teaching across the subject areas of English, Maths, Science, Geography and Art and Design.
Click on the links below to download the unique interactive lessons for free:
English:
Personification of a Building
A Place for Everyone
A Learning Tree for Sustainable Design
Maths:
Understanding Architectural Design
Looking at the Design of our School Grounds
The Waste We Create
Science:
Marvellous Materials
Staying Warm and Keeping Cool
Let’s Look at Ventilation
Geography:
Designing Out Crime in Our Community
Mapping Materials
Who Creates the Places in Our Community?
Art & Design:
Arranging Spaces
2-D Shapes to 3-D Forms
Making Materials
How to Read Your Building Handbook
Open-City's resource, How to Read Your Building, has been designed to help Key Stage 2 teachers and their students to
make cross-curricular investigations into sustainability and design. The resource suggests
activities that can fit into your timescale – whether its one lesson,
one day, one week or one half term.
Contact the Education Team or visit our shop page to receive a copy to guide students through an investigation
of their own school building, sustainable architecture and the design process,
and to inspire them to create their own dazzling designs for an exciting
eco-school building.
The resource contains:
- A step-by-step guide to investigating architectural design and sustainable design
- How to use your school building for your investigations
- Links to the curriculum
- Activity ideas & session plans including learning outcomes & materials
- Eco-design facts and figures
For more information or guidance email Fiona MacDonald or call 020 7383 5722.
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