BTEC Sustainability Skills Teaching support
Teaching support
To help you deliver exciting BTEC Sustainability Skills lessons, we’ve created a number of resources linked to the qualifications. We’ve also listed some websites that are relevant to sustainability themes.
Teaching resources
Our BTEC Sustainability Skills teaching resources include:
• Interactive flash activities supported by teacher guidance, created by British Gas
• Example projects for the mandatory unit created with the Woodland Trust and WaterAid
• Sample assignments for every unit
• Learning outcomes matched to other organisations’ BTEC Sustainability Skills resources.
Sample assignments for each unit help you plan, deliver and assess. For each unit the assessment criteria covered and the evidence required are included - particularly useful for tutors who are delivering a BTEC for the first time.
The Recycool initiative encourages schools to collect used mobile phones and printer cartridges for recycling.
The Get Global Project is a citizenship resource for 11- to 16-year-olds from Oxfam Education.
We’ve carefully selected some other websites that deal with the sustainability themes covered in this qualification. Please note that we can’t be held responsible for the content of these websites or the links remaining active. If you do find any inappropriate content or inactive links, please let us know at myskills@pearson.com.
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SE-ed Sustainability & Environmental Education
SE-ed have created a comprehensive list of resources with a guidance comment on them.
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Eco-Schools
Eco-Schools provides a framework and guidelines for schools wishing to embark upon sustainable projects.
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Nationwide Education
These high-quality resources are designed to be stimulating and engaging while providing key information, guidance and useful tips.
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Learning outside the classroom
This website provides regularly updated articles and guidance for schools wishing to provide a fulfilling experience for learners outside the classroom.
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Action Aid
ActionAid has a range of curriculum-linked resources for schools that help raise awareness of climate change and the lives of young people in poor countries around the world.
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Generation Green
Part of British Gas’s long-term programme for rewarding teachers who promote sustainability in the classroom, this site offers resources such as lesson and assembly plans.
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Big Green Switch
This website from Northcliffe Media provides a carbon footprint calculator, plus factual information on climate change.
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Energy Saving Trust
The Energy Saving Trust provides free and impartial advice and video content on how to stop wasting energy.
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Participate Schools
Participate is a large-scale cross-school data collection project backed by BBC, BT and universities, which explores how new and emerging technologies can be used to encourage people to engage in environmental issues. Resources on the site help schools start on a Participate project which includes making a 60-second movie and an online poster.
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Tide Global Learning
This teacher-oriented network offers CPD and cross-school opportunities for sustainable projects.
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Kes Lighting: The complete guide to eco-friendly home lighting
Information on energy efficiency, the different types of light bulb and how to select and dispose of bulbs responsibly.
British Gas - Looking after your world
A new island has been discovered off the coast of England! With the UK population ever increasing, we need to develop the island ready for inhabitants. If we could start afresh - with the technology we have today - what would we do to create a suitable infrastructure?
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BTEC Sustainability Skills resource
(This links to a .zip file. Extract all files and once this is done, double-click on the Planet_Home_Edexcel file to access the interactive resource. Adobe Flash Player is required.)
British Gas has worked in partnership with us to create these exciting interactive resources. Your learners can take a 3D tour of the island and work in teams to build a sustainable infrastructure. They can then track their progress and reflect on their learning using the learner record sheets, while you can ensure all the assessment criteria have been met for the Project and Working in a Team units using the built-in teacher guidance.
These resources continue the support to education that British Gas offer through their sustainable schools programme Generation Green, which has over 11,000 schools signed up to receive free curriculum support materials.
We have worked with the Woodland Trust to create three sample Projects, at Entry 3, Level 1 and Level 2. As it’s important that learners choose their own project, these examples are fairly broad so they are perfect to use to get you started and get the creative juices flowing!
Woodland Trust Entry 3 Unit 1 Project
Woodland Trust Level 1 Unit 12 Project
Woodland Trust Level 2 Unit 30 Project
To learn more about the Woodland Trust and browse the activities available on their site, visit www.woodlandtrust.org.uk.
We’ve worked with WaterAid to create three sample Projects – at Entry 3, Level 1 and Level 2. These projects provide guidance on how to set up a fundraising event, and for each level show how the assessment criteria can be achieved.
WaterAid Entry 3 Project
WaterAid Level 1 Project
WaterAid Level 2 Project
More inspiring activities and support are available from the WaterAid website.