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The Climate Change exhibitions workshop at Hinchley Wood School. Historic items and photographs were set up on the tables and students discussed these while creating their posters.
Despite the global scale of this problem, it is on a local level that climate change is most keenly felt. World leaders, climate activists and scientists agree that changing our everyday habits is an important first-step towards tackling the climate crisis.
Year 6 at Hinchley Wood Primary School have used items in Elmbridge Museum’s collection to learn about how climate change is affecting local life. By studying historic evidence of extreme weather, transport and green space, the students compared our local environment ‘then’ and ‘now’. The result is 83 fantastic posters, which answer the key question:
All of the posters, along with the original museum items used by the students and the discussion topics they considered, can be viewed in this online exhibition.
Why not create your own colourful poster about why climate change matters? You can use the historic items on each page for inspiration, and download the poster template here.
Interested in learning more about how our primary local streets have changed through time? Head over to the Historic High Streets online exhibition to discover old photos, the heritage trail, and personal testimonies of Elmbridge residents.
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