Blog:

Rainforest deforestation, the carbon and water cycles

November 6, 2019

Several recent research papers have investigated the impact of rainforest deforestation on local rainfall and temperature.

Find some teaching resources linked to the animation above here.

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Ten-point plan to deliver climate education

4 March 2026

Priority areas for improving climate education following England’s Curriculum and Assessment Review.

How climate links to GCSE and A Level Physics specifications

12 February 2026

A blog post for Cambridge OCR

The El Nino Southern Oscillation

9 February 2026

A recorded talk for A Level geographers

CPD Opportunities

20 January 2026

for teachers in early 2026

+ more teaching resources

Secondary Maths

Secondary Statistics Resources

With climate context

Secondary Geography

Category 6 Hurricanes?

A DME exploring whether the Saffir-Simpson Scale should be extended.

Secondary Science

Photosynthesis and Sunlight

Making connections across the sciences to show the vital links between the learning of students, their climate literacy and awareness of related careers.

Secondary Maths

Averages, Distributions and Range

Students use Brazilian data taken from Copernicus’ ERA explorer, to look at the definition of climate

Blog:

Rainforest deforestation, the carbon and water cycles

Latest from the blog

Ten-point plan to deliver climate education

How climate links to GCSE and A Level Physics specifications

The El Nino Southern Oscillation

CPD Opportunities

Teaching resources

+ more teaching resources

Secondary Statistics Resources

Category 6 Hurricanes?

Photosynthesis and Sunlight

Averages, Distributions and Range

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