Eco Resources

We've got plenty of ways to help you find out everything you need to know about your school: how much stuff is wasted, how much is recycled, how much energy and water (and fuel for transport to and from) is used, how many appliances (like laptops and projectors) are turned and left on.

We've also got all the tools you need to build a picture of your school in daily action. The Eco Calculator is somewhere to input all the facts and figures; the Flash calculator brings it all to life in an animated onscreen version of your school. There are also loads of other activities and fact sheets to make your Eco design journey as fun as possible.

It's up to you how many of these 'other' activities, if any, you do.  Basically, they are designed as fun, starter sessions for the various themes, so maybe just choose which seem most fitting for your class, subject or timetable.

If you have any requests that you think would be helpful to your class please let us know.

Drag and drop classroom planner

How many lightbulbs, sinks and overhead projectors are in your school? Download our drag and drop tool to help you work it out.

Eco Calculator

Use the Eco Calculator to record the measurements you make around your school. Below there is a document for teachers showing how to use the Eco Calculator and where to find the information required.

Eco Flash Calculator

Once you've completed the Eco calculator, use this Flash calculator, input the final figures from the Eco calculator and see the impact of your school.

You will need to download a free piece software called Flash to use the Eco Flash Calculator. At least Version 7 is needed. If you do not have Flash installed or have an older version, please download the latest version of Flash here.

Eco design challenge Final Project

In my area, you can find out how to construct you school's design brief so that it can be submitted to the Eco team.

You can learn about how products are made and how they are put together. You can also find out how products might work and look 50 years in the future.

My area also contains our partnership agreement document. This includes an outline of the 'Challenge and a form that signs your school up to take part in the project.

Recycler Lesson Plans

In my area, you can explore the reasons for recycling and the impact it has on the environment.

You can learn about how much waste each of us produces, what cool things we can make from our rubbish and find out what some really creative people are doing to promote living a more sustainable life…

Consumer Lesson Plans

In my area, you can explore how products contribute to lifestyle and consumer choices.

You can learn about how many miles our food travels, what food we could be eating to lead a more sustainable life and what funky things we can make out of useless products lying around our houses!

Energiser Lesson Plans

In my area, you can find out about the different ways of generating energy and which of these are more efficient and less harmful to the environment.

You can look into the journeys we make on a daily basis and the useless appliances we all have lying around our homes.

Aqua Lesson Plans

In my area, you can find out about the water all of us use in our daily lives and how valuable water is as a resource.

You can learn about ways to collect rainwater, where our schools might be wasting water and what we can do about it.