Doing your bit


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Sustainability Aware is a series of educational apps made to inform and engage kids about our environment and our impacts on the Earth. Doing Your Bit explores how you can reduce your ecological footprint and live more sustainably.

In this app we’ll find out all about the following topics:
• the definition of a global citizen
• the impact human activity is having on our planet
• why the planet’s problems are everyone’s responsibility
• ecological footprints and their distribution around the globe
• a range of practical ways we can shrink our ecological footprints
• the history of the green movement and what green groups do
• how kids can get involved in shaping a more sustainable future for the planet.

Reading level: Approximately 10–12 years old, Australian middle to upper primary school level. Suitable for guided reading and classroom use.

With engaging content, these apps transform tricky, theoretical scientific topics into information readers can easily grasp. Each app shows how kids can actively take part in leading the world to a sustainable future. It takes an informed, realistic approach to the issues and offers practical, everyday suggestions for how we can all live more sustainably. All of our apps are jam-packed with information and enhanced interactive elements.

Our apps include the following features:
• breakout features to expand on the content and broaden a student’s understanding of the issues
• glossary terms – difficult words are highlighted and explained in pop-up boxes.
• interactive diagrams
• animations
• videos
• slideshows
• informative graphs

Learn more about sustainability in the other apps in our series:
• Eating green: Sustainable food and farming
• Animals under threat: Wildlife on a warming planet
• Going green: Sustainable transport choices
• Powering our planet: Sustainable energy solutions
• What’s up with the weather?: Our changing climate

To find out more about our series, please visit our site www.sustainabilityaware.com.