• Fly Away Home!

  Bird migration is explored in this lesson that has students creating paper airplane "birds" that must navigate their way through a fragmented landscape as they fly to their breeding grounds. A dynamic approach supports action as learners recognize how...

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• Is It Really Recylable?

  Too often we toss trash into blue bins without really considering if it can actually be reused.  This short animation introduces young people to plastic recycling symbols by explaining how manufacturing and chemical content affect the disposability...

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• Fill the Bill

  Birds are remarkable in their variety and adaptations.  This lesson introduces students to the types of beaks that enable different bird species to feed on particular foods.  As they use household objects to mimic feeding activity, students...

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• Understand Goal 8

  The video introduces students to the nature of work and its value to both the individual and society. It emphasizes everyone’s right to a good job and the need to ensure workers are provided with a healthy work environment and fair compensation....

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• Learning About SDG 8

  The video raises the important global challenge of creating millions of decent jobs that will be required as the shift from rural to urban life plays out. In providing examples of how governments around the world are responding to provide sustainable...

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• Human Rights and the Global Goals

  This lesson plan will help assist young students in better understanding human rights. Students will discover their rights, will be able to claim human rights, including child rights, and will know that this contributes to the Global Goals. The lesson...

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• Greta and the Giants

  This inspiring picture book retells the story of Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has led a global movement to raise awareness about the world's climate crisis. This picture book makes this important topic accessible to young children.  ...

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• What is Decent Work

  Following a brief overview of the sustainable development goals initiative, attention is focused on the importance of Decent Work (Goal 8).  Students will learn what makes work ‘decent’ and how access to quality jobs is essential to achieving...

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• Working for a better life

  Despite some positive developments in the portrayal of people living in poverty in developing world, the public are often exposed to generalized and even stereotypical information and images on the subject. This resource was developed to support junior...

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• One in Eight

  One in Eight explores the importance of food and nutrition in the world, why it is a basic need as well as a human right, and how food waste is increasingly linked to hunger and what we can do about it.  This review is limited to sections one and...

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• Don't Waste It!

  With this activity, the students will learn about sustainability and creating less waste via discussions, videos and a hands-on activity. The activity begins with a class discussion about waste, resources and sustainability.  After the discussion...

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• Children On The Move

  This lesson plan aims to give a brief description of lives of children from the perspective of a refugee or migrant. During the lesson, students will: build an understanding of what life is like for people forced to flee their homes and families. learn...

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• Justice Not Charity

  The resource is intended to have students learn and think critically about the issues of poverty and homelessness, including inequality, in a local and provincial context. to look at long-term, concrete ways to work toward more equitable distribution...

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• Decoding Carbon. A Climate Policy Quest

  This comprehensive resource uses guided inquiry to inform students about climate change and the crucial role of policy in addressing the serious threats it poses. It is one of 14 activities in Green Learning’s Decoding Carbon - A Climate Policy...

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• Seafood Education Kit

  Did you know the seafood industry is an expansive business that touches upon many corners of human life? In this resource, you will find seven lessons. Each of the lessons includes discussions and activities, all having one ultimate objective; to educate,...

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• Who's Responsible?

  This 30 minute activity encourages pupils to consider who is responsible for ensuring we achieve the Global Goals (also known as the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs). It consists of four downloads: Teacher's Guide Global Goals-Stimulus sheet Global...

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• Name That Tree

  Students will participate in a guided walk through the woods behind the school, their neighbourhood, or any area where there are trees to explore. They learn the features of trees that are used in identification and practice identifying trees using guides...

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• A Walk in the Park

  In this field-oriented lesson, students visit a local park or treed area to observe first-hand the biodiversity that can be found almost anywhere including within our ‘built environment’. Having been introduced to the distinctions between...

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• Climate Change Education Learning Resource

  This resource provides fun and interactive activities to help students understand the importance of keeping our land and oceans healthy and clean. The resource is divided into two main activities. Activity One: Blue Carbon - will help students understand...

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• We Fight Climate Change

  In this guided inquiry, students research the causes and consequences of climate change, brainstorm practical solutions to the problem and create a magazine to present their findings as a series of articles and photos. Teachers use classroom sessions...

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