Earth Hour primary resource

Make elephant or polar bear lanterns from recycled bottles

The primary resources available to download here have been supplied by WWF UK to help with teaching and learning about Earth Hour on 24 March 2018.

Pupils will be challenged to follow instructions to make recycled polar bear lanterns or recycled elephant lanterns in this Earth Hour primary resource sheet.

WWF is calling for everyone across the UK to sign up and take part in Earth Hour — the world’s biggest show of support for our brilliant planet and the need to protect it.

It’s an annual global demonstration where millions around the world switch off their lights for one hour to show they care about the future of our planet and to call for action on climate change.

The support has grown each year with around 9 million people taking part in the UK alone last year. 2018’s Earth Hour is set to be the biggest yet!

The teaching resource can be used as a printed handout for instruction in class time, or for display on the interactive whiteboard.

Activity: Ask children to complete the tasks on the page or adapt them for their own individual designs, colours and patterns.

N.B. The following information for mapping the resource documents to the school curriculum is specifically tailored to the English National Curriculum and Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. We are currently working to bring specifically tailored curriculum resource links for our other territories; including South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. If you have any queries about our upcoming curriculum resource links, please email: schools@ngkids.co.uk

This Earth Hour primary resource assists with teaching the following Key Stage 1 Art objectives from the National Curriculum:

Pupils should be taught:

to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products

to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space

National Curriculum Key Stage 1 Science (Year 2) objective:

Pupils should be taught to:

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

National Curriculum Key Stage 2 Art objective:

Pupils should be taught:

to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay]

National Curriculum Lower Key Stage 2 Science (Year 4) objective:

Pupils should be taught to:

recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things

This Earth Hour primary resource assists with teaching the following Expressive arts Early level objectives from the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence:

I have the freedom to discover and choose ways to create images and objects using a variety of materials.

Scottish Curriculum for Excellence First level Expressive arts objectives:

I have the opportunity to choose and explore a range of media and technologies to create images and objects, discovering their effects and suitability for specific tasks

I can create and present work using the visual elements of line, shape, form, colour, tone, pattern and texture.

Scottish Curriculum for Excellence First level Expressive arts objectives:

I have the opportunity to choose and explore an extended range of media and technologies to create images and objects, comparing and combining them for specific tasks.

I can create and present work using the visual elements of line, shape, form, colour, tone, pattern and texture.

Scottish Curriculum for Excellence Second level Expressive arts objectives:

I can create and present work that shows developing skill in using the visual elements and concepts.

Scottish Curriculum for Excellence Third level Expressive arts objectives:

I can use and combine the visual elements and concepts to convey ideas, thoughts and feelings in expressive and design work.

Scottish Curriculum for Excellence Fourth level Expressive arts objectives:

I can use the visual elements and concepts with sensitivity to express qualities and relationships and convey information, thoughts and feelings. I can use my skills and creativity to generate original ideas in my expressive and design work.