Support Materials

In order to help you deliver exciting Sustainability Skills lessons, we’ve created a number of resources linked to the qualifications. Choose from:

• Interactive flash activities supported by teacher guidance, created by British Gas
• Examples projects for the mandatory unit created with the Woodland Trust and WaterAid
• Our very own regular newsletters 
• Sample assignments for every unit
• Learning outcomes matched to other organisations’ sustainability skills resources.

Scroll down for all the resources or choose from the list of organisations on the left hand menu.

BTEC Sustainability Skills online newsletters

Our half-termly PDF newsletters provide you with up-to-date news stories, events and resources to help you to add value to your sustainability teaching. To make sure you and your colleagues find out as soon as the next newsletter is available, sign up for our MySkills email updates today!

 BTEC Sustainability Skills online newsletter 1 (March 2011)
 BTEC Sustainability Skills online newsletter 2 (May 2011)
 BTEC Sustainability Skills online newsletter 3 (June 2011)
 BTEC Sustainability Skills online newsletter 4 (September 2011)
 BTEC Sustainability Skills online newsletter 5 (November 2011)

Sample Assignments

Sample assignments for each unit help you plan, deliver and assess. For each unit the assessment criteria covered and the evidence required is included - particularly useful for tutors who are delivering a BTEC for the first time.

Entry 3	Level 1	Level 2
Unit 1	Unit 12	Unit 30
Unit 2	Unit 13	Unit 31
Unit 3	Unit 14	Unit 32
Unit 4	Unit 15	Unit 33
Unit 5	Unit 16	Unit 34
Unit 6	Unit 17	Unit 35
Unit 10	Unit 18	Unit 36
Unit 11	Unit 19	Unit 39
Entry 3 - Working in a team	Unit 23	Unit 40
	Unit 24	Unit 41
	Unit 25	Unit 42
	Unit 26	Unit 43
	Unit 27	Level 2 - Working in a team
	Unit 28
	Unit 29
	Level 1 - Working in a team
Combined Assignment - Entry 3 (Units 8 and 9) and Level 1 (Units 21 and 22)

Activities mapped to other free resources

• The Recycool initiative encourages schools to collect used mobile phones and printer cartridges for recycling.
  
   Level 2 - Unit 33
  
   Level 1 - Unit 16
  
  
• The Get Global Project is a citizenship resource for 11-16 year olds from Oxfam Education
  
   Level 2 - Unit 41
  
  
  There is also a huge range of free support online with ideas and projects for learners. We’ve carefully selected the ones you might find useful. Read the list of Useful links.