Sustainability
Learn about how young people can make a difference by making sustainable choices and increasing awareness of environmental issues. In this lesson, students will explore sustainability in LEGOs, learn from a WWF expert, and play games about sustainable development goals and actions they can take.
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💡 Warm up
Sustainability 101: what is sustainability?
As a review or to introduce students to the concept of sustainability and the three factors that determine the sustainability of an activity—resource consumption, economic viability, and social justice.
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💻 Tech time
Recorded Livestream: Energy and Climate Change: Renewable is Doable
Watch the livestream with Daniel Riley, WWF’s climate expert, to learn about why renewable energy supports our planet’s health and how we can reduce our carbon footprint to protect nature. After the video, ask your students how they can decrease their energy usage to reduce their carbon footprints.
▶️ Activities
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Science
Sharks: Overfished and Under Pressure
Challenge your students to evaluate solutions to determine what methods will stop the overfishing of sharks while protecting the health of humans and ocean ecosystems.
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Board Game
Sustainable Development Goals
For the game, split students into small groups. As they play this game, they will climb ladders and slide down waterfalls on the board while answering questions about seventeen sustainable development goals.
