The following Study Quests are designed to provide a rich menu of rainforest and climate change-related activities suitable for KS4 students. However, you don’t have to be in the UK or following the UK national curriculum to use them. They seek to empower students to take action and develop citizenship competencies.

In undertaking the Quests, students will expand their academic learning through activities that are engaging and require personal commitment.

These lesson ideas will help you achieve Eco-Schools awards in the UK. All lessons indicate that environmental issues have been covered in curriculum areas. Learn more...

14-16 Years Rainforest Quests:

1.  Climate change : a G8 conference address – speech writing  [view online] / [download as PDF]
Objective: To produce and deliver a 15-minute speech as the British Prime Minister to the G8 conference on the subject of climate change.

2.  A green profile (Corporate Social Responsibility CSR) -  marketing opportunities  [view online] / [download as PDF]
Objective: To produce and agree on part of a re-branding marketing strategy, as a board of directors, for the supermarket’s latest Green for Our Children’s Futures initiative.

3.  Rainforest expedition – creative board/computer game  [view online] / [download as PDF]
Objective: To produce a board game or computer game storyboard suitable for children aged seven and upwards.

4.  Alternative futures – a street theatre workshop  [view online] / [download as PDF]
Objective: To produce a piece of street theatre lasting no longer than 45 minutes, highlighting a number of issues.

5.  Survival: the populations and inhabitants of the rainforest – a study  [view online] / [download as PDF]
Objective: To select a specific group and research the effect of deforestation on their existence.

Eden Project:  Palm Oil: The Tin of Truth  [view online] / [download as PDF]
Objective: Research the issues surrounding palm oil - either pro, anti or neutral palm oil web sites/ organisations/  news cuttings and compare the differences in the stories that they tell. Create the messaging for a tin of palm oil from the different points of view.

WWF: The Madeira River: Life Before the Dams [view online]
Objective: Watch the film about the Madeira River (approx. 27minutes long) and begin a discussion with the class. There is a Q & A sheet available to download as an additional resource.