Lesson Activity Examples

 

Write to an MLA

Have students write letters to their MLA or another government representative regarding a sustainability issue of their choice. 

 

Design a Sustainable City

Challenges students to build a city with sustainability as its focus. As students are developing their city, they are faced with decisions that may cause harm to the environemnt but also required to have. 

 

Community Sustainabilty

Have students research a potential local impact on climate change within their community and develop solutions to combat the issue. 

 

Community Based Learning

Take students into the community, to jobs with a focus on sustainability, in order for them to interact and learn from the experience. In Edmonton, students could go to Project Fruit Stars to learn about food sustainability. 

 

Technology Impact

With technology, our lives have gotten better, but has it also created problems? Have students the social and environmental problems that come with technology. 

 

Engage in Action

Look at the impact of climate change on different communities. Climate change doesn't just affect remote areas, it could change the way any person in society lives. i.e. food sources: polluted lakes create poisonous fish.

 

Health and Wellness

Promote a healthy and sustainable lifestyle to students through school clubs, programs, etc. Consider involving the whole school.

 

A Drop In the Bucket

Have students perfrom an experiment to see how much usable fresh water Earth has left and what that implication means.