This page contains a variety of resources in sustainability education across subject areas and levels to support teaching and learning in the classroom. You can find lesson plans/outlines, and links to articles, books and videos, and more. Click on the icon link to access the resources.
Lesson Plans/Outlines
Upper Primary
Grade 5: Solutions for the Problem of Wastefulness of Restaurants in Bali, IndonesiaGrade 4-7: Our EnvironmentGrade 4: Production Chains (Industry)Grade 5-12: Sharing the PlanetGrade 5-12 Math/Science : Reaching a Consensus for Action (UN Biodiversity Goals)Grade 6-12 Humanities & Science: El OrienteGrade 6 PSE: Me and the Ladder of Inference
Grade 6 Drama: Sustainability – Nature vs CapitalismGrade 6 Drama: Sustainability – Progress Affecting the Environment, Wellbeing, Society and EconomyGrade 5 Music: We Can Make a Difference (Songwriting)Grade 5 Science & Humanities: Energy & Exhibition of LearningYear 4 Geography: Global GuardianGrade 5 Social Studies: Ancient Rome
Middle School
Grade 7 Geography: More or Less Equal Human DevelopmentGrade 8 Community Project: Actions We Take Can Have Long-term EffectsService Learning: Global Issues are InterconnectedYear 7 English: Globalization & SustainabilityService Learning: Understanding Hands On as a ServiceGrade 8: Introduction to the SDGs Sustainability and Systems ThinkingGrade 6 Humanities: InnovationGrade 7 Humanities: Medieval HistoryGrade 5-12: Sharing the PlanetGrade 6-12 Homeroom: InfoGraphicsGrade 8 Maths: Investments and RetirementGrade 8 Global Awareness: Bali Starlings
Grade 6 Social Studies: The Key Understanding was the Interconnectedness of a Decision and Its ConsequencesGrade 9 PE: The Affects of Substance Use & Abuse on the Body/Brain of AdolescentsGrade 8 Drama: Social Issue Represented in a Dramatic FormGrade 8 Science: Living on MarsGrade 5-12 Math/Science: Reaching a Consensus for Action (UN Biodiversity Goals)Grade 6-12 Science & Humanities : Campaign for ChangeGrade 6-12 Humanities & Science: El OrienteGrade 8-12 Science: Why Do Microbiomes Make Us Uncomfortable?Grade 8 French: Imperfect Tense in FrenchMYP Mother Tongue Language & Literature: Study of Prose Fiction – Orientation in Space and Time
High School
IBDP Service Learning: Wells Without WallsGrade 10 Collaborative Project “The Young Changemakers Project”: Creating Social Enterprises to Make a DifferenceService Learning: Global Issues are InterconnectedGrade 5-12: Sharing the PlanetGrade 6-12 Homeroom: InfoGraphicsGrade 10 ICT: Micro-LoansGrade 11 Geography: Population IssuesGrade 5-12 Math/Science: Reaching a Consensus for Action (UN Biodiversity Goals)
Compass Stories
Grade Four Business Unit of Study: Goods and Services by Luke Whitehouse Human Impact on Tioman Island by Alexandria Wenzel Dorm Leadership by Erin Wise-Ackenbom Conservation of the Bali Starlings in the Compass Model by Glenn Chickering Compassing Dolphinariums at International School Bangkok by Kerry Dyke Supporting Units of Inquiry through the Library by Sarah Handley The Green Team by Kate O’Connel
Other Resources
Textbooks for Sustainable Development: A Guide to Embedding by UNESCO MGIEP Creating Service/Education Outside of the Classroom (EOTC) Opportunities for Students by Katina DAIS Sustainability Efforts with Sustainability Compass and the Pyramid Light by Michael E. Baldwin Implementing the Culture of Systems Thinking into the School Curriculum Particularly CAS and Service Programmes
Videos
An Introduction to the Sustainability Compass by Compass Education
GINManila2012 Addressing the Sustainability Compass
Systems thinking: a cautionary tale (cats in Borneo) by Sustainability Illustrated