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
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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High SchoolLesson PlanMiddle School
Year 9 Individuals and Societies: Food Security Case Study
Summary Students looked at a photo with some context about its location and time, then used the Sustainability Compass to explore all the possible impacts ...
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High SchoolLesson Plan
Grade 9 & 10 Pre-Departure Exchange Program Workshop
Summary Students reflect on the attributes required as an exchange student. They will also consider ways in which they can be sustainably active on cultural ...
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Early YearsLesson Plan
Kindergarten Environmental Awareness – Sustainability Project: We Can Be a Part of Making the Planet a Nicer and Healthier Place
Summary The aim of this project is to help children become more aware of their daily behaviors related to wastefulness, such as wasting water, paper, ...
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Lesson PlanUpper Primary
Using the Systems Iceberg to Examine Paper Overuse at School
Summary Students will be introduced to the Systems Iceberg with the familiar problem of litter on the playground. Then, they will further explore the Systems ...
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