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Sustainability Foundations is the introductory course to EVERFI’s sustainability curriculum. In this standalone lesson, students learn about the interconnectedness of environmental and human systems. They are asked to reflect on the kind of future they want for the world, what it will take to get there, and the impact that individuals can have on the environment.
In this lesson, students learn are introduced to the fundamentals of sustainability, focusing on each student's individual responsibility as an active member of the global society.
Sun West School Division: You can access this Everfi course through your clever account.
This course, designed for students in grades 5-8, covers core areas of sustainability education: global resources, protecting biodiversity, impacting climate change, and the intersection with human health.
After taking Sustainability Foundations: Plants, Animals, and Our World, students will walk away with an understanding that every choice we make impacts others. Learners will explore the interconnectedness of environmental systems and how to make informed decisions to improve the health of those systems.
Plants, Animals and Our World covers topics like human health, climate change, global resource constraints, and biodiversity. This course will use science and social studies content to build an understanding that we are all responsible for our planet.
Sun West School Division: Access this EVERFI course through your clever account.
This course is designed for learners in the middle grades, to reinforce responsible citizenship of our world by encouraging them to think sustainably. This sustainability mindset established in our existing Sustainability Foundations course will be further built upon in this course. The learner will complete an introduction to recycling, explore the tradeoffs of mining, refining, and recycling, and then engage in a simulation that requires them to make real-world decisions about using their role as a consumer to promote change.
This course helps students develop strategies for becoming better informed consumers when it comes to recycling. Students will learn about single-stream recycling, the environmental impacts of mining and refining raw materials to be used in consumer goods, and how to make sustainable choices.
Possible additional curriculum connections include Social Studies 6 IN6.3 and DR6.2, depending on extensions made in the classroom.
Sun West School Division: Access this EVERFI course through your clever account.
How do our everyday actions contribute to our ecological footprint? Can we change our individual actions to be more environmentally friendly and create a more sustainable lifestyle? In this lesson, students will evaluate their own environmental impact using an online tool called Your Plan, Your Planet, and evaluate simple ways to reduce their ecological footprint as an individual or community.
This resource was designed for educators and provides hundreds of ideas for the classroom for integrating Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESD) into their classrooms.
There are resources for:
No poverty
Zero hunger
Good health & well-being
Quality education
Gender & equality
Clean water & sanitation
Affordable, clean energy
Decent work & economic growth
Industry, innovation, infrastructure
Reduced inequalities
Sustainable communities
Responsible consumption & production
Climate action
Life below water
Life on land
Peace, justice, strong institutions
Partnerships
This is a fantastic resource!
For every 10 activities that your class participates in, a high-density nutrition pack is sent out to a child in need. Such rich connections to Social Studies, Mental Wellness, and Physical Activity! And the teacher account is free and compatible with Clever as well.
How It Works:
1. Sign Up & Play Videos
Teachers, groups/clubs and parents sign up. Then, all kids have to do is watch (and interact with) our Kid Power Up videos in class or at home.
2. Unlock Global Impact
For every 10 videos you play, you unlock 1 Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) packet. We deliver this life-saving, vitamin-rich food to severely malnourished children around the world.
3. Earn Local Impact
YOU decide which local causes your coins benefit!
As you play videos, you also earn virtual coins to allocate in our Kid Power Exchange®. Choose to support food banks or deliver PPE masks (both essential to COVID-19 relief), or plant trees for your local community!
Upschool aims to equip learners with the skills, motivation, and assistance needed to address real-world issues, fostering lasting impacts on communities worldwide. With numerous offerings aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, students are empowered to tackle pressing global challenges such as social, environmental, and economic issues.
Change the world with your students today!