My impact on the environment
Widcombe Infant School, Friday, 08 October 2021
10
Explorer
KS1
What you did
With the imminent arrival of COP26, we encouraged the children over the half term holiday to think about the impact they had as individuals on the environment. We uploaded a YouTube video for the children to watch with their parents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdl5Vht0sO8 and then encouraged then to participate in the Energy Sparks Carbon footprint activity. Many of the children enthusiastically took part. Here are a few of their efforts......
Activity description
You will need:
- sugar paper
- pencils
- scissors
The concept of a carbon footprint may be too abstract for younger children. For this activity you can think about your environmental impact instead - so suggestions do not need to be limited to carbon-emitting ones.
Support pupils to draw around their feet on a piece on sugar paper. They may find this easier drawing around a partners foot, or their shoe or you could also use a template for them to cut out.
One one side of the footprint, draw the things they do that have a harmful impact on the environment.
On the other draw the things they can do to look after the environment.
Hang these from the ceiling or display in the classroom so that children can be reminded of the good environmental choices they can make.
Follow on activity
You could follow this activity with Understand how our carbon emissions cause the Greenhouse Effect and Climate change which focuses more on the carbon part of the carbon footprint.