Rang 1 - Habitats

The theme is based around a story which traces the journey down river of two children who live on a barge. During their journey they encounter many river creatures whose lives are endangered because of pollution and habitat destruction. The children feel compelled to act on behalf of their new found friends and set about enlightening the townspeople about the harmful consequences of their actions.

Each episode of the story is explored through activities and worksheets which introduce concepts such as food chains, habitat, interdependence and pollution, while highlighting the dangers of irresponsible action towards the environment and motivating students to become more environmentally aware and ecologically concerned.

Activities include - 'In Charge of the Barge', 'Swallow Trail', 'Animal General Meeting', 'Turning the Tide' and 'Pollution: We're the Solution'.

Note on fieldwork: planned walks to the local river could be organised in conjunction with this theme, so that key issues and concepts can be raised in a meaningful way prior to their exploration in the classroom.

Rang 2 - Our Food Web

This theme uses a variety of group activities, stories, mapping exercises, posters and survey sheets to help pupils understand the vast network of people involved in providing us with food and thereby appreciate the nature of our dependence on the global community.

The activities which comprise this theme encourage the pupils to distinguish between needs and wants, identify different food types, explore a range of eating habits and customs throughout the world, trace the journey of foods from producer to distributor and recognise that much of the food which we eat is produced by people in distant lands.

Activities include - 'The Food We Eat', 'The People I Need', 'Breakfast Around the World', 'The Banana Story', 'Breakfast Trail', 'Supermarket Visit' etc.