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Your Guide to
Energy & Climate
the school has a key role in our society’s ability
to change towards sustainable development and
towards a more climate wise and energy efficient
society. But how do you teach climate and energy
in a good way? Our conclusion was that what the
teachers wanted was a guide that gave advice both
on teaching methods and existing teaching material.
The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation, together
with the Swedish Energy Agency, carried out a
survey in which teachers throughout the country
were asked about their needs. In conclusion, the
teachers expressed the need for teaching material,
further education, and methods for teaching
climate and energy. They requested material that
is available on the internet, and that has a flexible
structure so that the teachers can use it the
way they prefer. The teachers also want teaching
material that rouses the interest and the commitment
of the students. Based on these requests, the
Foundation and the Swedish Energy Agency have
created a guide that works as a main thread in
teaching climate and energy. We give advice on
different types of teaching material such as books,
booklets, web based material and films. The guide
is based on the Eco-Schools way of work and has
examples of objectives and activities and how to
link the activities to the Lgr 11, Curriculum for
the compulsory school, preschool class and the
leisure-time center 2011.
the bogesund school in Ulricehamn has used the
guide to formulate their objectives in the Eco-
Schools programme within the theme Climate and
energy. They chose the guide because of the links
to the new curriculum, Lgr 11.
“This spring, when we will focus on the implementation
of Lgr11, the guide’s way to work with
Climate and energy will make that work easier and
more concrete,” Solveig Ljunghager, teacher at the
Bogesund School, believes.
“Teachers spend an enormous amount of time
trying to find good material, so guides like this one
can save us a lot of time,” says Solveig.
“Then you still want to do things your own way,
but it is important to be inspired and get suggestions
on concrete activities.”
“Another good thing is that when you use a
guide like this from a source you trust, it also gives
you quality assurance.”
Text: Lisa Adelsköld
26 the keep sweden tidy foundation – school and preschool/inspiration
ILLUSTRATION: GRO PLAY AND DESIGN
9.000 Jigsaw Puzzles
within the frames of the Com-U project, the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation in
cooperation with Gro Play and Design and PostkodLotteriet (People’s Postcode
Lottery) have created a material consisting of a puzzle and an instruction packed
with experiments, games and creative activities. The purpose is to work with issues
such as littering, recycling, reuse and the Right of Public Access in a way that is
concrete and fun. The activities encourage outdoor teaching and are linked to the
revised curriculum for the preschool.
In the material we get to follow the Lightning Patrol – a group of kids that have
formed a secret club. The children are very good at all sorts of things and together
they solve tricky problems and help people, plants and animals.
the jigsaw puzzle was sent to all the preschools that signed up for the National
Litter Picking-days 2011. Since there was nearly 4.000 preschools participating,
and many of them got several jigsaw puzzles for their different units, in all, many
thousands of jigsaw puzzles were sent.
A couple of months later, the Foundation asked all the preschools what they
thought about the material and how they had used it. The response was fantastic.
86 percent of those who had received the material had actually used it, most of them
(95 percent) were also able to use it within the frames of the pedagogical activity.
Voices on the material:
“Yes, we have had great
response from parents, telling
us how committed their
children are to environmental
questions. They tell us that the
children are trying to make
their parents get on the train.
Many express that particularly
forming the Lightning Patrol
is what the children find most
exciting.”
“A very good guide. We are
impressed with the range of the
material, and will use it for a
long time. Children and staff at
our preschool have also formed
a Lightning Patrol.”