Welcome to the Blue Carbon in Falkirk STEM Activity Box
Inside the Teacher’s Guide below you will find all the information you need to deliver a jam-packed STEM lesson with a hands-on activity, local heritage links and future career inspiration for your pupils! The learning materials included are best suited to pupils aged 8-14 years.
You can use the resources any way you please! In addition to the core lesson and activity there are plenty of optional extras, extension ideas and links to external resources to use at your disposal.
1) Teacher’s Guide – Blue Carbon STEM box
2) Digital Board Friendly Version to use alongside your Teacher’s Guide
Click here to watch an overview and introduction to ‘Blue Carbon’, video made and narrated by Marcelina Lekawska, detailing the ‘Blue Carbon’ and how to protect it. Originally produced for a Falkirk Science Festival workshop in 2021:
https://vimeo.com/636076877
Click here to watch a guided video of a local Blue Carbon heritage site, conducted and presented by Professor William Austin, when exploring the Saltmarshes and the work of researchers RSPB Skinflats. Film Originally Produced by Schedule D Productions:
https://vimeo.com/635377136
Click here to watch a detailed introduction to the importance of Saltmarshes by the RESIST Project. Produced by Cambridge Filmworks and Voice over by Julia Lee
Click here to watch an instructional video made and narrated by Marcelina Lekawska, detailing the ‘Teabag Experiment’ used by scientists and the wider community to compare decomposition between a saltmarsh and regular soil environment. Originally produced for a Falkirk Science Festival workshop in 2021:
https://vimeo.com/636071628
Click here to watch an interview of Professor William Austin, conducted by Marcelina Lekawska, detailing the career path and work of a scientist, researcher and academic within the world of Blue Carbon. Originally produced for a Falkirk Science Festival workshop in 2021:
https://vimeo.com/636077203
Additional links:
Click below to learn more about Blue Carbon projects around the world:
https://www.blueforestsolutions.org/projects
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/living-seas/blue-carbon/
https://www.innerforthlandscape.co.uk/projects/conserving-restoring/skinflats-saline-lagoons
https://www.abpmer.co.uk/services/habitat-creation-and-restoration/
https://www.teatime4schools.at/en/
https://www.thebluecarboninitiative.org
Additional information on STEM box contents:
Click on this link to download in Word format the Blue Carbon STEM Box Risk Assessment
