Background
 Urban Explorers is based upon an initiative first developed in partnership with MADE, Creative Partnerships and Chandos Primary School, Birmingham during the Spring and Summer terms of 2007 as part of the school’s development of it’s Urban Curriculum. The project encouraged Years 4 and 6 pupils to develop skills to observe, record, document and present the built and natural environment at school, at MADE HQ and the journey between the two.
Resource Pack
From September 2007 to April 2008, phase two of Urban Explorers will produce and pilot a resource pack that will support Learning Outside the Classroom and Sustainability initiatives. The pack will raise awareness and support the use of the designed and built environment within the National Curriculum.
The Resource pack aims to:
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Create opportunities for young people to be questioning and demanding of their environment and the people who create and maintain it.
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Encourage skills within young people and teachers that will promote an understanding of their urban environment.
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Create opportunities for urban design professionals to interact with young people.
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Feed into and create debate regarding current thinking on sustainable living and building.
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Encourage an appreciation of urban biodiversity.
- Understand local distinctiveness.
- Support Learning Outside the Classroom and sustainability initiatives.
Download Here
Chandos_urban_explorers_01 [pdf]
Chandos_urban_explorers_02 [pdf]
Chandos_urban_explorers_03 [pdf]
Chandos_urban_explorers_04 [pdf]
Get Involved
Use of the built environment in education questionnaire
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