Teaching and Learning Support

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

 

Lower Primary

Grade 1 Animal HabitatsYear 2 The 17 Sustainable GoalsGrade 2 How We Express OurselvesGrade 3 The Way Back WhenGrade 3 Solar System Formation

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 Guardian

Middle School

Grade 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 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 French

High School

IBDP Service Learning: Wells Without WallsMYP Mother Tongue Language & Literature: Study of Prose Fiction – Orientation in Space and TimeIBDP Service Learning: Wells Without WallsYear 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)
Grade 6-12 Science & Humanities : Campaign for ChangeGrade 6-12 Humanities & Science : El OrienteGrade 8-12 Science : Why Do Microbiomes Make Us Uncomfortable?

Others

Mistreatment of Elephants

 

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

 

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

A Systems Story (Systems Thinking) – A short introduction to key systems thinking concepts by BEE Environmental Communication

Systems thinking: a cautionary tale (cats in Borneo) by Sustainability Illustrated