These downloadable resources draw on Practical Action projects around the world. They are most suitable for use with key stages 2 and 3 (7-14 year olds), and could be used in geography, science and citizenship lessons. You will find lots of useful additional information on Practical Action work in other parts of our website to support these activities.

Water and Sanitation

Various downloadable topic sheets relating to water and sanitation issues with example activities and ideas to be used within primary schools. Topic sheets can be used as stand-alone resources or coupled with relevant images from Practical Action project work around the world. Resources include a video of Ant and Dec visiting one of Practical Action's projects.

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Flooding

Ideas for lessons activities together with supporting images, videos and web links suitable for a KS1 and 2 project on flooding. The videos contain powerful images of how the lives of some children in developing countries revolve around extreme weather conditions which can be caused by climate change.

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Nakuru

These resources are based on a real project in Nakuru, Kenya which is improving the access of poor people to services, such as energy, water, sanitation and housing. These materials could be used by teachers of citizenship, geography, design and technology and economics, or be the basis of a collapsed curriculum day.

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Positive Images

Downloadable resources to assist teachers in enabling pupils to develop an understanding of similarities between themselves and people in the developing world with the aim of challenging stereotypes and promoting understanding. Photos are from Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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