What have we curated?
We have curated a range of animated shorts to help support Circular Economy and Sustainability Learning. The clips also have elements that are interdisciplinary and are great for Health and Wellbeing / PSHE. We have included Earth Resources and the environment. They are great for STEAM learning, Buzz talk and developing critical thinking and writing
Circular Economy Clips
Repair
“Runaway” is a charming story about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950″s refrigerator, named Chillie. Set in the present day, a sad event sends Chillie into a whirlwind of emotional turmoil, and as a result, he runs away.
Discarded Objects
After Esra misses her train late one evening, a discarded, living Rubik’s cube tries tries to get her attention in an attempt to get solved.
Sustainability
This helps the understanding of the damage cotton production causes.
Technology and Innovation
Repair and Invention
About a young girl who must help a tiny boy pilot fly home before it’s too late.
Scottish inventions and innovations
Moments in Time, part of Edinburgh Science Festival, was a family-friendly outdoor exhibition celebrating the 2017 Scottish Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology. Our installation of four iconic Scottish police, each featuring an animation by Glasgow-based visual artist and maker Fergus Dunnet, shone a spotlight on Scotland’s rich scientific tradition, which has given rise to many discoveries that have changed the world.
Beaver Engineering and importance of water
Great for several IDL activities
A young music-loving beaver tries to find his place within the group through music. For more information, please see the details and links below:
Earth resources
Sand
A great way to link sand to glass
Grogu’s attempts to build sandcastles pushes he and the Mandalorian to the limit!
Glass
Not just a resource based clip – many emotions and would suggect suitable for over 10 year olds
While packing away her deceased grandmother’s affairs, Pauline discovers that one of their stained glass sculptures has come to life. As the lights in the house go out and their memories together begin to dim, Pauline realizes there is joy in celebrating the legacy of those who have been lost. .
Plastic
Created as part of Ted Talk education – This is a History of plastic an dhow we need to focus on three ways to deal with plastic – Remembering plastic is here to stay and we need
Recycling
Recycling Metals
Handyman Hal works with big equipment to recycle metal. Follow Handyman Hal on a fun trip to the metal recycling center and see the equipment in action. Handyman Hal is a family friendly channel that takes you on entertaining and educational adventures! Your whole family can enjoy a wide variety of episodes on topics like construction, lawn care, tractors, animals, tools, car washes, and much more. Handyman Hal loves to learn about how things work through real life experiences. Hal always has a plan to fix the problem and help a friend. Join in on all the fun and tag along to all the exciting places he visits. Grab your tools, fill up your dump truck, and let’s have an awesome time!
What happens to our rubbish?
This clip is ‘What happens to our rubbish?’ from the series Changing our World.
Tour of a Recycling Factory
Bryson Recycling Centre helped the kids understand the different benefits of recycling which they are supposed to know more about. There are two important types of benefits which people will gain when they decide to recycle – even companies and big organizations will feel the difference – those economic benefits as well as those environmental benefits.
