An exciting climate-friendly future is taking shape. This series of three curriculum-linked lessons will ensure your students have a meaningful voice in supporting an exciting climate-friendly future take root and grow!

On the run up to COP30 in Brazil, we are encouraging education settings to take part in the activities, internationally.

This includes schools in Brazil, Dubai, USA and UK, but we are also working with students and staff members to translate the resources into a wide range of languages. Why not watch a recent webinar for educators and take a look at the resources below to find out more?

Lesson 1, Explore: pupils will work together to create a ‘solution tree’ that can be added to our digital woodland.

Lesson 2, Develop: pupils identify and pitch a solution addressing a key climate change issue.

Lesson 3, Share and Reflect: pupils deliver their BIFoR Future Forest pitch, before summarising it as a written message to be displayed during COP30 and beyond.

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Educators - How to Get Involved

		1. Sign up
		2. Carry out the three lessons with your class(es)
		3. Share your solution tree and message to COP30

Lesson 1: Explore | Explorar

Key Stage
3, 4 and 5
Learning Objectives \| Objetivos
Identify the causes of key climate issues that are affecting forests globally. Describe the effects of key climate issues that are affecting forests globally. Apply your knowledge to identify and evaluate potential solutions to key climate issues affecting forests globally. Identificar as causas dos principais problemas climáticos que estão afetando as florestas em todo omundo. Descrever os efeitos das principais questões climáticas que estão afetando as florestas em todo omundo. Aplicar conhecimento prévio para identificar e avaliar possíveis soluções para os principais problemas climáticos que afetam as florestas em todo omundo.
Key Words
Abiotic	Biodiversity	Biotic	Deforestation	Ecosystem
Abiótico	Biodiversidade	Biótico	Desmatamento	Ecossistema

To find out where this resource fits in with your curriculum, check out the lesson plan below:

Lesson Plan	English: BIFORFutureForestsLessonPlan1_ENG.pdf Portuguese: BIFORFutureForestsLessonPlan1_PG.pdf Chinese: BIFORFutureForestsLessonPlan1_CN.pptx Traditional Chinese: BIFORFutureForestsLessonPlan1_TraditionalChinese.docx
Adaptable Lesson Slides	English: BIFoRFutureForests1_ENG.pptx Portuguese: BIFoRFutureForests1_PG.pptx Chinese: BIFoRFutureForests1_CN.pptx Traditional Chinese: BIFoRFutureForests1_Traditionalchinese.pptx
Adaptable Worksheet	English: BIFoRFutureForests_handout1_ENG.pptx Portuguese: BIFoRFutureForests_handout1_PG.pptx Chinese: BIFoRFutureForests_handout1_CN.pptx Traditional Chinese: BIFoRFutureForests_handout1_TraditionalChinese.pptx
Digital Woodland

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Lesson 2: Develop | Desenvolver

Key Stage
3, 4 and 5
Learning Objectives \| Objetivos
Identify solutions to key climate change issues affecting forested landscapes. Apply your understanding to create an engaging pitch to suit a specific audience. Evaluate the impact of your pitch and reflect on how you could improve it further. Identificar soluções para os principais problemas de mudança climática que afetam as paisagens florestais. Aplicar conhecimento prévio para criar um programa envolvente para atender a um público específico. Avaliar o impacto do seu argumento e refletir sobre como melhorá-lo ainda mais.
Key Words
Abiotic	Biodiversity	Biotic	Deforestation	Ecosystem
Abiótico	Biodiversidade	Biótico	Desmatam ento	Ecossistema

To find out where this resource fits in with your curriculum, check out the lesson plan below:

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Lesson 3: Share and Reflect | Compartilhe e Reflita

Key Stage
3, 4 and 5
Learning Objectives \| Objetivos
Identify key elements of a good pitch. Apply knowledge gained to rehearse and edit your pitch. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your pitch and write a message to COP30. Identifique os principais elementos de um bom projeto. Aplique o conhecimento adquirido para ensaiar e editar seu projeto. Avalie os pontos fortes e fracos do seu projeto e escreva uma mensagem para a COP30.
Key Words
Abiotic	Biodiversity	Biotic	Deforestation	Ecosystem
Abiótico	Biodiversida de	Biótico	Desmatam ento	Ecossistema

To find out where this resource fits in with your curriculum, check out the lesson plan below:

Lesson Plan	English: BIFORFutureForestsLessonPlan3_ENG.pdf Portuguese: BIFoRFutureForestsLessonPlan3_PG.pdf Chinese: BIFORFutureForestsLessonPlan3_CN.pptx Traditional Chinese: BIFoRFutureForests3_TraditionalChinese.pptx
Adaptable Lesson Slides	English: BIFoRFutureForests3_ENG.pptx Chinese: BIFoRFutureForests3_CN.pptx Traditional Chinese: BIFORFutureForestsLessonPlan2_TraditionalChinese-1.docx
Adaptable Worksheet(s)	English: BIFoRFutureForestsPitchPeerFeedbackSheet_ENG.pptx English: BIFoRFutureForestsPitchSelfReflectionSheet_ENG.pptx Chinese: BIFoRFutureForestsPitchPeerFeedbackSheet_CN.pptx Chinese: BIFoRFutureForestsPitchSelfReflectionSheet_CN.pptx Traditional Chinese: BIFoRPeerAssessmentSheet_TraditionalChinese-1.pptx Traditional Chinese: BIFoRFutureForestsPitchSelfReflectionSheet_TraditionalChinese.pptx
Example Pitch
Message to COP30 and Beyond!	Your messages will be displayed at the University of Birmingham Campus during COP30. Previously, a number of students took their 3 minute pitches to the Green Zone of COP28! Find out more on the University of Birmingham Website.

Thank you to our translators:

Roberta

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Roberta is a PhD candidate in Science Education, with a Master’s in Teaching and Formative Processes and a Licentiate in Biological Sciences from São Paulo State University (UNESP)

Zihong

Zihong is a PGT student of Advanced Mechanical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, with a Mechanical Engineering bachelor’s degree from Ulster University.

Pui

Pui is a Senior Trial Manager from the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Birmingham, specialising in trial setup and closure and with many years of experience in managing phase III clinical trials to Good Clinical Practice standards.

An exciting climate-friendly future is taking shape. This series of three curriculum-linked lessons will ensure your students have a meaningful voice in supporting an exciting climate-friendly future take root and grow!

On the run up to COP30 in Brazil, we are encouraging education settings to take part in the activities, internationally.

This includes schools in Brazil, Dubai, USA and UK, but we are also working with students and staff members to translate the resources into a wide range of languages. Why not watch a recent webinar for educators and take a look at the resources below to find out more?

Lesson 1, Explore: pupils will work together to create a ‘solution tree’ that can be added to our digital woodland.

Lesson 2, Develop: pupils identify and pitch a solution addressing a key climate change issue.

Lesson 3, Share and Reflect: pupils deliver their BIFoR Future Forest pitch, before summarising it as a written message to be displayed during COP30 and beyond.

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Educators - How to Get Involved

1. Sign up

2. Carry out the three lessons with your class(es)

3. Share your solution tree and message to COP30

Lesson 1: Explore | Explorar

Key Stage

3, 4 and 5

Learning Objectives | Objetivos

Key Words

To find out where this resource fits in with your curriculum, check out the lesson plan below:

Lesson Plan

Adaptable Lesson Slides

Adaptable Worksheet

Digital Woodland

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Lesson 2: Develop | Desenvolver

Key Stage

3, 4 and 5

Learning Objectives | Objetivos

Key Words

To find out where this resource fits in with your curriculum, check out the lesson plan below:

Lesson Plan

Adaptable Lesson Slides

Adaptable Worksheet(s)

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Lesson 3: Share and Reflect | Compartilhe e Reflita

Key Stage

3, 4 and 5

Learning Objectives | Objetivos

Key Words

To find out where this resource fits in with your curriculum, check out the lesson plan below:

Lesson Plan

Adaptable Lesson Slides

Adaptable Worksheet(s)

Example Pitch

Message to COP30 and Beyond!

Thank you to our translators: