This four-lesson, ESD resource has been designed to provide primary educators with a unique, age-appropriate curriculum that addresses core concepts related to sustainability.
Map of Myself: Identity and Culture
Students will:
- explore personal and cultural identity.
- introduce themselves using nonverbal gestures.
- listen to and discuss the stories, My Map Book and Fish is Fish.
- create a "map" of individual identity and culture.
- listen to songs about culture and identity.
Connections All Around: Me, My Food and My Environment
Students will:
- identify connections, cause and effect and surprising results in their food, lives and nature.
- participate in a field trip to a dairy farm or vegetable garden or watch a video about farming.
- identify connections in nature by listening and singing folk songs.
- create food webs
- listen to popular picture books and reflect on the connections created within the story.
Woods, Water and Wild Things: Biodiversity in the Forest-Stream Habitat
Students will:
- question their connections to the land.
- listen to and sing songs about the land that they live in.
- investigate different ecosystems and how different plants and animals rely on one another.
- role play different ecosystems which they represent.
- sing songs and listen to stories related to the issues being addressed.
Systems: Problems and Fixes
Students will:
- sing and listen to songs.
- listen to children's stories and discuss themes.
- play a stuffed animal toss game.
- try to identify classroom objects while blindfolded.
- discuss ways to solve problems.