Subject Updates

Climate science complexity and (un)certainty

Carbon sources, sinks and stores

What's at stake at COP29?

Evidence for climate change

Climate change over time

Ocean circulation and climate

All about ocean habitats

How many oceans are there?

A melting Arctic

All about overfishing

Ocean acidification process

All about the continental shelf

All about kelp forests

All about saltmarshes

All about mangroves

All about seagrass

All about blue carbon habitats

How does climate change affect the ocean?

What is COP all about?

Climate and COP glossary

4 ocean climate facts

8 ocean vs land life facts

7 ocean vs land scale facts

All about whales

Whales and the carbon cycle

How has human activity affected whales?

How to: View Encounter Edu 360VR videos

How to: View Encounter Edu 360VR galleries

Troubleshoot YouTube issues for live lessons

Tips for setting up lessons via video for teachers

Using STEAM Activities during school closures

Using Professional Development during school closures

Using Teacher Resources during school closures

Using Multimedia during school closures

Using Live Lessons during school closures

Getting started with Live Lessons

Arctic Live Teacher Guidance

Encounter live lesson and webinar speaker FAQs

How to use Zoom for workshops

Climate and Energy HIWAVES journal article student summary

Learn about Global atmospheric circulation

Learn about climate models

How does plastic harm the environment?

How to improve students' online research skills

Use the six thinking hats to generate questions

How to take part in live lesson chats

How to generate higher order questions

How to teach food chains and webs

What are the alternatives to plastics?

Live Lesson FAQs

How to book a live lesson

Learn more: How are coral reefs formed?

Learn more: How ecosystems (E7) and G7 economies compare

How to: Open saved placemarks in Google Earth Pro

How to: Organise, save and tour placemarks in Google Earth Pro

How to: Use the 3D viewer in Google Earth Pro

How to: Measure distance and area in Google Earth Pro

How to: Use layers in Google Earth Pro

How to: Find places in Google Earth Pro

How to: Create a polygon in Google Earth Pro

How to: Create a placemarker in Google Earth Pro

How to: Create advanced placemarkers in Google Earth Pro

How to: Create a path in Google Earth Pro

Learn more: The Gaza Crisis

About: UNRWA Education in Emergencies

About: Government of Flanders Development Cooperation

Learn more: What are the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals?

Learn more: What are refugees rights?

Learn more: The UN sustainable development goal #4 - Quality Education

Learn more: The Syria crisis

Learn more: What is UNRWA and how does it support education?

How to: Work with sensitive issues

How to: Use Google Hangouts Meet

How to: Debate via video chat

How to: Use the light sensor on the Science Journal app

Glossary: Materials and their properties

Why use 360VR in the classroom

Get started with 360VR in the classroom

4 ways to use 360VR in the classroom

How to develop investigation skills for younger students

Learn more: How are submarines used for deep ocean exploration?

About: XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey

Learn more: The effects of overfishing on coral reefs

Learn more: How is the Great Barrier Reef being protected?

Glossary: Coral reef

Learn more: Human impacts on the coral reefs

Learn more: How does water quality affect the coral reefs?

Learn more: What can we do to conserve coral reefs?

How to: Set up the mBlock Blockly app

How to: Use the mBot default program

Learn more: Which countries have coral reefs?

Will coral reefs survive this century?

Learn more: Why is the Great Barrier Reef important and why is it dying?

Learn more: What does the future look like for coral reefs?

What are coral reefs and why are they important?

About: XL Catlin Seaview Survey

Glossary: Coding

Learn more: What is vertical migration?

How to write geographical descriptions

Learn more: How will ocean acidification affect crustaceans in the future?

How to develop literacy in science

Glossary: Plankton, Plastics and Poo

How to teach classification

How to teach evolution

Learn more: What is the marine carbon cycle?

What is ocean plastic pollution?

How does plastic reach the ocean and why is it a problem?

How to teach coding

How to: Make a research poster

Learn more: How are ice holes made in the high Arctic?

Glossary: mBlock

What equipment and clothing do polar explorers need?

Learn more: How does ocean circulation affect the climate of the UK?

Learn more: Hawaii Ocean Time-series - a long term ocean study

Ocean acidification and its impacts

Learn more: What are trophic cascades?

Learn more: What fitness training do Arctic explorers need?

Learn more: What are copepods?

Learn more: All about Arctic sea ice and why it is so important

Learn more: What do polar explorers eat?

Learn more: What are ice caps and how are they formed?

About: Catlin Arctic Survey

How to: Use mBlock

About: Oxbotica

How to teach futures thinking

How to: Troubleshoot the mBot

How to: Use comments when coding

How to: Debug code

How to: Write elegant code

Learn more: What is an autonomous car?

Learn more: How do self driving cars navigate?

Learn more: How can autonomous vehicles be useful?

Learn more: What is a smart city?