Below is just a small sample of recent media articles, blogs and events supporting Natural History
OCR's proposed GCSE in Natural History in the news
- Government considering compulsory nature studies lessons for all pupils after David Attenborough backs plan (The Independent)
- Compulsory Nature Studies Now Being Considered by Government to Introduce to Students from All Levels (Science Times)
- Natural history GCSE to tempt pupils outdoors (Sunday Times)
- Shropshire charity welcomes plans for new natural history GCSE (Shropshire Star)
- Proposal for a new GCSE Natural History submitted (New English Centre)
- Conservation group calls for schoolchildren in Wales to be offered GCSE in Natural History (In Your Area)
- The Guardian view on natural history: children need to know (The Guardian)
- BBC Today Programme (BBC Radio)
- Outdoor learning forest schools education mental health behaviour children (The Wildlife Trusts)
- Ocean Conservation Trust - our support for Natural History GCSE in UK (Ocean Conservation Trust)
- ASE lends support principles behind proposed Natural History GCSE (ASE)
- Natural History GCSE is being planned to reconnect teenagers with wildlife (iNews)
- OCR exam board confirms plans for new Natural History GCSE to bolster environmental awareness (iNews)
- Exams board confirms natural history GCSE plans (Best Schools)
- Exams board confirms natural history GCSE plans (TES)
- Veganuary isn’t the answer to our problems (The Times)
- Caroline Lucas, Newsletter 5 (Carolinelucas.com)
- Top private school developing A-level alternative to teach teenagers to farm, forage and manage land sustainably (iNews)
- Private schools moving away from 'past their sell-by-date' GCSEs, says head (iNews)
- Caroline Lucas: 'Why a GCSE in natural history should be on the curriculum' (The Telegraph)
- Wild about learning (Wicked Leeks)
- Natural History GCSE set to be taught in schools in 2022, BBC broadcaster reveals (The Telegraph)
- We are on the verge of a sixth mass extinction. That's why a natural history GCSE is so important (The Independent)
Blogs
- Potential new GCSE in Natural History provides exciting opportunity for future students (Game and Wildlife Trust)
- Plans to introduce a GCSE in Natural History welcomed by TV presenters & charities (School Travel Organiser)
- OCR’s proposal for a Natural History GCSE – a response (NAEE)
- GCSE in Natural History (The Exam House)
- Natural History GCSE (Mary Colwell)
- Plans for new GCSE in Natural History (The Wild Mind Project)
- Learning to nurture nature (The Wildlife Trusts)
- BASC’s engagement with Natural History GCSE essential (British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC))
- Seizing the opportunity with new Natural History GCSE (British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC))
- DfE and the Natural History GCSE (University of Bath)
- Can we reconnect teenagers with wildlife through a new GCSE? (The Wildlife Trusts)
- Cultivating the next generation: can we put wildlife on the curriculum? (The Power of Youth)
- A bedrock of awe and wonder? (Manchester Museum)
Podcasts
Developing a GCSE in Natural History (Cambridge Assessment)
Natural History themed articles
- Making Natural History festival of the environment (Cambridge Assessment)
- Many overlooked animals are languishing (National Geographic)
- The age of extinction (The Guardian)
- Global Biodiversity Festival
- Frogs hopped around the Antarctic 40 million years ago (CNN)
- We found the genes that allowed plants to colonise land 500 million years ago (The Conversation)
- Ocean biodiversity has not increased substantially for hundreds of millions of years (Science Daily)
- 50 Years of Earth Day
- New survey reveals 39% of U.S. students believe climate change the most pressing issue facing the world today (Cambridge International Education)
- Dynasties: Sir David Attenborough’s new BBC series explores the plight of families in the animal kingdom (The Independent)
- 10,000-year-old skeleton challenges theory of how humans arrived in Americas (The Independent)
Current covid-19 reporting related to the Natural History draft themes
- Covid recovery could 'tip the balance' for nature (BBC News)
- Deforestation of the Amazon has soared under cover of the coronavirus (NBC News)
- Lockdowns trigger dramatic fall in global carbon emissions (The Guardian)
- Climate change: Could the coronavirus crisis spur a green recovery? (BBC News)
- Birdsong has risen like a tide of hope from our silenced cities. Is it here to stay? (The Guardian)
- “Earth School” launches to keep students connected to nature in the time of COVID-19 (UN Environment Programme)
- Celebrating Women & their contributions to Natural History (The Society for the History of Natural History)
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