A programme for the middle years – curiosity and learning

Value in the World – A course on evolution and World Heritage for lower secondary school pupils

The ‘Value in the World’ course combines scientific knowledge, aesthetic learning processes and reflection, with a focus on World Heritage, sustainability and humanity’s relationship with nature.
Pupils travel 66 million years back in time to when Stevns Klint lay beneath the sea in the vast Cretaceous Sea. Along the way, pupils reflect on value, traces of the past and humanity’s impact on the world today.
As part of the programme, pupils also venture out into the unique natural environment and landscape of Boesdal Limestone Quarry, where they experience the cliff, the sea and the area’s geology at close quarters. Here, they explore their surroundings and gather materials and impressions that link the site’s natural history to their own experiences, whilst also exploring animal adaptation, food chains and the balance within vulnerable ecosystems.
The programme concludes with a creative ‘technofossil’ workshop, where pupils explore the traces humans leave behind and how these will tell stories about our time in the future.

Year groups: Years 4–6

Subjects: Nature/Technology, Art

Duration: 2 hours

Please note: Please let us know if there are any special needs (e.g. reduced mobility) so that we can organise the programme as effectively as possible.

Skills and knowledge objectives

The pupil can place developments in science and technology in a historical context.

The pupil has knowledge of subject-specific terms and concepts.

The pupil has knowledge of simple principles of sustainability.

The pupil can place the use of nature and technology within a sustainable perspective.

The pupil has knowledge of simple food chains and food webs.

The pupil has knowledge of key developments in science and technology.

The pupil can investigate how animals and plants adapt to the natural environment.

The pupil can reflect on their own creative processes.

The pupil can create a sculpture