Compass Lesson Plans
Educator-sourced lesson plans for sustainability in education
To become a Compass Practitioner (Level 1 certified), educators who have been through one of our Level 1 courses must create and implement a lesson plan for using systems thinking tools in their context. These lesson plans range in scope. Some educators focus on units or lessons, and some even focus on their broader school programs. Each lesson plan reflects and demonstrates how the Compass Tools enhanced students learning.
- All
- Behavior Over Time Graphs (BOTG)
- Community Project
- Design Thinking
- Education Program Development
- English Language and Literature
- Environmental Education
- Gilman's Equation
- Global Citizenship Education
- Health and Wellbeing
- Humanities
- IB Education
- Ladder of Inference
- Language Acquisition
- Math
- Natural Sciences
- Outdoor Education
- Professional Development
- Pyramid Lite (VISIS)
- Resource Pack
- SDGs
- Service Learning
- Social Emotional Learning
- Social Sciences
- Student Leadership
- Sustainability Compass
- Sustainable Development Project
- Sustainable Habits of Mind
- Systems Iceberg
- Systems Mapping/Causal Loop Diagram
- Teacher Education
- Technology
- The AMOEBA
- The Arts
- Triangles Game
- All
- Behavior Over Time Graphs (BOTG)
- Community Project
- Design Thinking
- Education Program Development
- English Language and Literature
- Environmental Education
- Gilman's Equation
- Global Citizenship Education
- Health and Wellbeing
- Humanities
- IB Education
- Ladder of Inference
- Language Acquisition
- Math
- Natural Sciences
- Outdoor Education
- Professional Development
- Pyramid Lite (VISIS)
- Resource Pack
- SDGs
- Service Learning
- Social Emotional Learning
- Social Sciences
- Student Leadership
- Sustainability Compass
- Sustainable Development Project
- Sustainable Habits of Mind
- Systems Iceberg
- Systems Mapping/Causal Loop Diagram
- Teacher Education
- Technology
- The AMOEBA
- The Arts
- Triangles Game
Lesson PlanLower Primary
Year 1 Visual Arts: Enriching Compositions through Systems Iceberg Thinking Routine
Summary Students explored composition through the Systems Iceberg model, connecting it to their classroom unit on habitats and endangered species. They first sketched an animal ...
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Lesson PlanUpper Primary
Grade 5 Preparation for Camp
Summary This lesson plan introduces 5th-grade students to sustainability concepts using the Sustainability Compass tool, focusing on practical applications through kayaking and tent camping scenarios ...
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High SchoolLesson Plan
IB Global Politics: Measuring Development
Summary Students will use the Sustainability Compass to look at what other factors can be used to measure development. Historically, development has been measured economically ...
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High SchoolLesson Plan
ESS: Introduction to Sustainability
Summary Students needed to be introduced to the Sustainability Compass. The new ESS spec requires them to understand the 3 pillars (Economic, Social and Environmental). ...
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Lesson PlanLower Primary
Music/Sustainability Transdisciplinary Focus Invertebrates Unit of Inquiry: Bees
Summary Students will learn about the role that bees play in our society and ecosystem, while also developing their critical listening skills and creating a ...
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