The Environment Agency’s STEM lesson plans for teachers & KS3+ students – Big Bang Digital

Climate change and the coast

This STEM session combines science, engineering and geography KS3 learning and GCSE principles. The purpose of the lesson is to introduce students to climate change and, in particular, to gain an understanding of climate change impacts at the coast. This session introduces climate change, coastal impacts and explores sea level rise as well as coastal change. The lesson is complemented by a hands-on student practical experiment: the Coastineers Sea Level Rise Challenge. This simple kit allows students to engineer their own adaptation strategies, using basic materials.

• Design, Make, Evaluate
• Earth and atmosphere
• Interactions and interdependencies
• Energy

Holding back the flood

Learn what work the Environment Agency does in flood prevention and how the climate emergency is impacting flooding in England. The Environment Agency is tackling the flood challenge, keeping homes and businesses safe and using environmentally friendly ways to build flood defences. Check out an interesting flood tank demonstration and learn how we can stop flooding in urban areas.

• Material cycles and energy
• Interactions and interdependencies
• Materials
• Earth and atmosphere
• Motion and forces
• Design, Make, Evaluate

Plastic pollution: source to sea

Have you ever wondered how plastic enters our environment? Or what you can do about it? The plastics and Sustainability team at The Environment Agency will show you different sources of plastic pollution and the ways they can enter our rivers and seas.

• Interactions and interdependencies
• Materials
• Earth and atmosphere

Environment Agency Early Careers

The Environment Agency help to make the environment a better place for people and wildlife. They are offering apprenticeships, graduate schemes, and a wide range of ways into a truly rewarding career!