Climate change dodgeball

A fast-paced active game to show how increasing greenhouse gases causes global warming. It can be used to scaffold pupils’ scientific understanding of the
greenhouse effect and global warming and prompt discussion on how our actions can make a difference. 

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Royal Meteorological Society climate content quality mark october 2023
Activities (15+ min)
KS2
Science
Geography

Preparation

What you need
  • a class set of bean bags
  • bibs of 3 different colour
  • a chalked-out circle or pre-existing circular marking
Location

Outdoors

Resources

LTL Climate Change Dodgeball Guidance.pdf 437.37 KB

Step by step

  1. Download the climate change dodgeball guidance.
  2. Read the guidance for step by step instructions of the activity. 

Curriculum links

This activity can be used to support curriculum knowledge and skill development in science and geography, alongside enhancing nature education, with age appropriate adaptations.

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