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
- 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
- Systems Iceberg
- Systems Mapping/Causal Loop Diagram
- Teacher Education
- Technology
- The AMOEBA
- The Arts
- Triangles Game
Lesson PlanUpper Primary
Year 4 Sharing The Planet – Intro to the Sustainability Compass
Summary This plan is a ‘tuning in’ activity to a new unit of inquiry under the transdisciplinary theme ‘Sharing the Planet’. The Sustainability Compass is ...
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Lesson PlanUpper Primary
Year Four Sharing the Planet
Summary In this lesson, Year 4 students learn about the basics of ecosystems, as well as the potential impact of invasive alien species on them. ...
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Early YearsLesson Plan
Importance of Water for the Purpose of World Water Day
Summary The plan is designed to work with 5-year-old children in a dynamic way, mainly outdoors and encouraging analysis and the importance of teamwork. The ...
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Lesson PlanLower PrimaryMiddle SchoolUpper Primary
Service Learning in the Classroom: Using Compass Education Systems Thinking Tools
Summary For students to expand the range of choices available for solving a problem by broadening their thinking and helping them articulate problems in new ...
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High SchoolLesson Plan
Grade 10 Individuals and Societies: An Engaging Sustainable Inquiry on Megacities
Summary This tenth grade/MYP 5 Individuals & Societies lesson plan aims to provide students the critical thinking skills they will need to analyze the problems ...
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