Teaching Resources

Teaching Resources

Enable your students to expand their understanding of air pollution and climate change on a global, national and local scale.

Take the opportunity to utilise live data feeds from across Wigan Borough, and apply them to your lessons.

The Air Quality for Wigan Borough Scheme of Works (SoW) aims to develop Key Stage 3 students' understanding of the impact they can have on their community and the environment around them.

Curriculum links:

The following modules aim to build a strong foundational knowledge of the impacts of individuals, business and governments on air pollution and climate change. The lessons aim to provide applications of this knowledge to the local area, and provide actionable changes that will work to reduce air pollution and climate change. The following models link to the UK curriculum, specifically in:

Geography Programme of Study: Key Stage 3
Science Programme of Study: Key Stage 3

Find all of the links to the UK curriculum, in the Scheme of Works.

Download The Air Quality and Climate Change Scheme of Works pdf here

Sequence of learning

Air Pollution

1. What is Air Pollution?
  Examine what air pollution is and where it comes from.
1. Gathering and Measuring Particulates.
  Discover methods of measuring air pollution.
1. How do we Identify Air Pollution?
  Pinpoint areas of poor air quality.
1. How do we Combat Air Pollution?
  Explain how we can reduce air pollution.
1. What is Climate Change?
  Understand climate change and the effects it has on our planet.
1. How is Climate Change Linked to Air Pollution?
  Examine the ties between air pollution and climate change.
1. How is Climate Change Impacting Wigan and Leigh?
  Uncover the impacts of environmental change in your local community.
1. What Mitigation and Adaptation can we do in Wigan and Leigh?
  Discover the locality of the effects of climate change and air pollution.