To support teachers, parents and carers with home or remote learning, we have put together a selection of free activities and challenges. They introduce learners to important global issues and the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, and help develop core and transferable skills.
Explore the relationship between Covid-19 and poverty with this engaging one-hour lesson plan, suitable for pupils aged 9 to 15.
Why is education important? Why can’t some girls go to school? What changes might we see if girls around the world had the same access to education as boys?
Learn about how infections spread and how test and trace is used.
Learn more about the principle that all men and women need to have the same rights and the same opportunities to succeed in school and in life.
What can we do to slow down the spread of a pandemic like Covid-19?
Learn more about the Global Goals and how people take action on global issues.
Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival and a growing global movement which celebrates the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees.
Learn about the journey of plastic items from land to sea and the damage this poses.
Learn facts and figures about some of the most severe infectious diseases in the world.
Learn how to increase awareness of the effects of climate change including a rise in sea levels.
Examine the issue of air quality in towns, cities and schools and how actions taken as individuals can make a difference.
This activity helps you to think about how the coronavirus is affecting mental health.
Learn about global challenges linked to reducing waste and things you can do to address the issue in your home and community.
This activity enables you to investigate the work of three contemporary female artists and issues connected with gender equality.
This activity focuses on exploring the theme of My World through the work of modern artists.
Learn about about how men and women are affected by the coronavirus.
Education is a universal human right. However, millions of children are still unable to go to school because of who they are and where they live.
Learn about the dangers that plastic pollution poses to life below water and possible solutions to the problems.