Resources for Schools
We believe strongly in the effectiveness of combining science, art and other subject areas in the curriculum to educate young people on climate change and inspire them to engage creatively with the challenge. Explore the resources for schools below for some more information on the resources we have developed so far to encourage cross-curricular activity.
GCSE Science Resource
Life in the Water - Free online download
Life in the Water, the first of a series of Cape Farewell GCSE Science units, investigates the science of global warming and climate change. With the help of videos and a range of activities, students can look at how scientists actually work - collecting, analysing and interpreting data to answer the big questions. Life in the Water is available now and free to download from our website.
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GCSE Geography Resource
The High Arctic - Geography 21 Resource
Cape Farewell's GCSE Geography resource pack was piloted in 2004 as part of the new Geography 21 curriculum, and is now available to buy from the Geographical Association. The resource includes a teaching pack with a 40-minute film and teachers manual, and a colour booklet and interactive CD-ROM for each student.
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Lesson Plans
Lesson plans and group activities for schools
Developed to accompany the 2007 Youth Expedition Cape Farewell created a range of materials for schools - ideas on ways they could take part and get involved during the expeditions. Including lesson plans and ideas for group activities the materials are available to view or download from the website.
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The DVD
Art From a Changing Arctic
The DVD of the Cape Farewell documentary Art From a Changing Arctic is now available to buy priced £15. Edited from over 200 hours of footage, this 60-minute film documents the Cape Farewell expeditions, which took world renowned artists and climate scientists into the High Arctic.
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The Book
Burning Ice - Art & Climate Change
The first major book title from Cape Farewell Burning Ice charts the experiences of artists who have voyaged with Cape Farewell and the work they have subsequently produced. Extracts from expedition journals complement writings by novelists Ian McEwan and Robert Macfarlane warning of the impacts of climate change. The book also features essays from leading scientists, advisers and other specialists on climate change, energy efficiency, ocean science and carbon trading including Sir David King and Prof Diana Liverman.
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Expedition Blogs
Follow the expeditions
We broadcast video, images and text from each expedition live from the boat. Follow the daily broadcasts and experience the extreme Arctic environment through the different voyages.
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Media Galleries
Images, sounds and video from the expeditions
We aim to make our work as public as possible, to create a new bank of imagery and ideas to communicate the challenge of climate change. View images, sound and video that documents the experiences of the artists, scientists and crew from each of the expeditions.
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Links and Resources
Our shortlist of interesting and useful websites
A collection of the resources we find interesting and useful including web links, organisations, books and papers.
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Related Links
Dr Tom Wakeford 2005 / 78°N 11.5°E
"Today you will have almost certainly inhaled an atom of carbon exhaled by Julius Caesar, when he uttered the question 'Et tu Brute?' to his treacherous aide. Now multiply your breathing by the respiration of every plant, fungus, bacteria, human being and other animals. You do not need a calculator to conclude that organisms have, by their very existence, exerted a powerful influence over the global climate..."
Read the full blog post by Tom Wakeford, biologist and action reserarcher, from the 2005 expedition ›


