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World Conservation Day

World Conservation Day. “In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we have been taught.” –Baba Dioum. By Poppy Gitsham. Conservation. Conservation

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World Conservation Day

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  1. World Conservation Day “In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we have been taught.” –Baba Dioum By Poppy Gitsham

  2. Conservation Conservation “Preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment and of wildlife” (Oxford Dictionaries, 2014) Environmental Education “a process directed at creating awareness and understanding about environmental issues that leads to responsible individual and group actions.” (KACEE, 2014)

  3. World Conservation Day AIM: To help children develop an awareness of the natural world and a passion to protect it. • 1 day • Off timetable • Local issues • Global issues

  4. Year 1- Help the hedgehogs! Introduction What wild animals live here? Lets go find some! Development What is a hedgehog? Why should we help? Main Let’s build a hedgehog house!

  5. Year 1- Help the Hedgehogs! WHY? “The evidence is now very strong that hedgehogs are in trouble” (Wembridge. 2011, p.1) National Curriculum (NC) “Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils should be taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. They should work in a range of relevant contexts.” Design and Technology (Great Britain. Department for Education, 2013)

  6. Year 2- Adaptation Art Introduction What is adaptation? Development How are different animals adapted to their habitat? Main Habitat collage!

  7. Year 2- Adaptation Art WHY? Knowledge before action: “where concepts available to young people are incomplete, then a young person’s ability to interpret information, to make links between facts and concepts or to develop appropriate attitudes, will be limited.” (Morris & Schagen, 1996) National Curriculum (NC) “Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other” Science (Great Britain. Department for Education, 2013)

  8. Year 3- Local Litter Survey Introduction Do people litter where we live? Why? Development Let’s do a litter survey! Main Let’s display our results!

  9. Year 3- Local Litter Survey WHY? The Watershed Learning Center, USA “Students began to look at their school site and the environment in general with a more respectful and caring attitude.” (Kenney, Militana& Donohue. 2003) National Curriculum (NC) “Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables.” Maths (Great Britain. Department for Education, 2013)

  10. Year 4- Palm oil campaigners Introduction Who lives in the rainforests? Development What is Palm oil? Main Letter writing to supermarkets.

  11. Year 4- Palm oil campaigners WHY? http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/today-at-pg-orphan-orangutans-and-flying-tige/blog/48389/ (Greenpeace, 2014) National Curriculum (NC) “Pupils in years 3 and 4 should be given a range of scientific experiences to enable them to raise their own questions about the world around them” Science (Great Britain. Department for Education, 2013)

  12. Year 5- Role Models Introduction Who are your role models? Development Introduction to naturalists Main Meet our role model!

  13. Year 5- Role Models WHY? Jane Goodall or Miley Cyrus? National Curriculum (NC) “They should find out about the work of naturalists and animal behaviourists, for example, David Attenborough and Jane Goodall.” Science(Great Britain. Department for Education, 2013)

  14. Year 6- The Zoo Debate Introduction Previous trip to the zoo Development Whole class discussion- Group research. Main Let’s Debate!

  15. Year 6- The Zoo Debate WHY? Understanding the news: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/marius-giraffe-butchered-front-children-3129390 (Thornton, 2014) http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/02/economist-explains-14 (M, 2014) National Curriculum (NC) “Pupils should also be taught to understand and use the conventions for discussion and debate.” English(Great Britain. Department for Education, 2013)

  16. Benefits for Children • Critical thinking, problem solving & cooperative learning. (Jacobson, Mcduff & Monroe, 2006. Kenney, Militana & Donohue, 2003.) • Hands on experience • Real life context “Learning should be through firsthand experience, through immersion in living and confusing reality, and through passionate reflection, argument and diaglogue” (Selby, 1995)

  17. Benefits for the Natural World Yolanda Kakabadse- President of WWF International. (Schemidt, 2008)

  18. Benefits for the Natural World “Responsible environmental behaviour is a learned response or action.” (Palmberg & Kuru, 2000) “With developing understanding of the nature of environmental problems and choices, alongside positive caring and empathetic attitudes to other living things we create the possibility of informed motivation to support the environment” (Littledyke, Ross & Lakin, 2000) “Without understanding…young people were unlilkely to feel any personal responsibility in environmental matters” (Morris & Schagen, 1996)

  19. Thank You! “In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we have been taught.” –Baba Dioum

  20. References • Great Britain. Department for Education (2013) The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document. [Online] Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-primary-curriculum (Accessed: 3 March 2014) • Greenpeace (2014) Today at P&G: orphan orangutans and flying tigers? Available at: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/today-at-pg-orphan-orangutans-and-flying-tige/blog/48389/ (Accessed: 10 Match 2014) • Jacobson, S., Mcduff, M. & Mornoe, M. (2006) Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques. Oxford: Oxford University Press. • Kansas Association for Conservation & Environmental Education (2014) What is Environmental Education?. [Online] Available at: http://www.kacee.org/what-environmental-education-0 (Accessed: 7 March 2014) • Kenney, J., Militana, H., & Donohue, M. (2003) 'Helping teachers to use their school's Backyard as an outdoor classroom: A report on the Watershed Learning Center program', The Journal of Environmental Education, 35(1), pp.18-26, [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958960309600591 (Accessed: 6 March 2014) • Littledyke, M., Ross, K., & Lakin, L. (2000) Science Knowledge and the Environment. London: David Fulton Publishers Ltd. • Morris, M. & Schagen, I. (1996) Green Attitudes or Learned Responses? Berkshire: National Foundation for Educational Research.

  21. References • M, C. (2014) ‘Why Danish zoos killed one healthy giraffe- but spared another’, The Economist, 18 February [Online]. Available at: http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/02/economist-explains-14 (Accessed: 11 March 2014) • Oxford Dictionaries (2014) Conservation. Available at: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/conservation (Accessed: 7 March 2014) • Palmberg, I. & Kuru, J. (2000) 'Outdoor Activities as a Basis for Environmental Responsibility', The Journal of Environmental Education, 31(4), pp. 32-36 [Online]. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00958960009598649 (Accessed: 6 March 2014) • Schemidt, R. (2008) Yolanda Kakabase, president of WWF International speaking in Mexico [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/wwf-president-business-partnerships-greenwashing (Accessed: 13 March 2014) • Selby, D. (1995) earthkind: A teachers' handbook on Humane Education. Straffordshire: Trentham Books Limited. • Thornton, L. (2014) ‘Marius the giraffe butchered in front of children and fed to lions at Copenhagen Zoo’, The Mirror, 10 February [Online]. Available at: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/marius-giraffe-butchered-front-children-3129390 (Accessed: 11 March 2014) • Wembridge, D (2011) The state of Britain's hedgehogs 2011. Shropshire: British Hedgehog Preservation Society. • WWF (2012) Annual Review [Online] Available at: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/all_publications/ (Accessed: 7 March 2014)

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