Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens

England, Wales and Northern Ireland are launching a Natural History GCSE course where students will learn about biodiversity loss and climate change. The curriculum includes practical skills like planting wildflower-friendly gardens and understanding human impacts on ecosystems.

Early environmental education and active participation in conservation builds societal behavior change from the ground up. Practical activities like gardening make abstract concepts tangible and actionable.

Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity School pupils will learn how to plant a wildflower-friendly garden, according to long-awaited plans announced on Thursday for a natural history GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Campaigners have for more than a decade called for the study of biodiversity loss and global heating to be introduced as a dedicated subject in classrooms across the country, but despite a curriculum being previously drawn up, its launch has faced repeated delays. Continue reading...