Kay Douglas is Widening Participation and Outreach Co-ordinator at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh and works on the team creating resources for schools and communities. She has very kindly shared links to the resources created to date.
Early/First Level
Local Biodiversity Outside Your Window
Sow it, Grow it, Taste it (interdisciplinary resource)
First/Second Overlap
Bees and Biodiversity (Multidisciplinary Learning)
Nothing Goes to Wate in Nature – Lesson Plans on Organic Matter Cycling
Second Level
Scientific Methods, Psychology and illusion
Rewilding: Geography, Art and the Community
Plants: what they need to grow and why we need them
Fertilisers in Food Production (interdisciplinary learning)
Sustainability and Conservation
Adaptation and Extinction of Woolly Mammoths
Ocean Biodiversity, Food Webs and Habitats
Plastic in the Ocean (Interdisciplinary Learning)
Sustainable Schools – an IDL STEM design challenge
Climate Change – Interdisciplinary STEM Challenge
Germs, disease, Vaccines and Chemical Reactions
Infectious Disease Outbreaks – an interactive learning tool
Adaptions of Life in the Solar System
Forces Fiona Asks About Gravity
Wizarding: Potions, Chemical Reactions and Spelling Patterns
Wonder in Magic Electrostatics – Magic wand trick
Wonder in Magic Chemical Reactions – Magic Invisible Ink Trick
Wonder in Magic Probability – Magic Card Trick
Wonder in Magic – Air Pressure
Volcano, Continents and Oceans (Interdisciplinary Learning)
Earth’s Materials: volcanic eruptions (Interdisciplinary Learning)
Flight School Forces 1: Parachutes and Air Resistance (Drag)
Flight School Forces 2: Wing Lift
Flight School Forces 3: Helicopter Thrust
Flight School Forces 4: Missile (Weight)
Flight School Forces: Aeroplane
Second/third overlap
Kind Clothing: A Guide to Sustainable Fashion
Outdoor Learning (Interdisciplinary Learning)
Earth’s Materials: volcanic eruptions (Interdisciplinary Learning)
LGBT+ Issues – A Resource for Secondary Schools
All the resources are on TES – University of Edinburgh Open.Ed – Teaching Resources – TES