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A look what life around the world looks like for families according to income.

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Does this perpetuate any stereotypes? Does it give the whole picture?

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Wonderful English/French site that allows you to dig into the Global Goals / Targets with lessons / ideas and more!

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Welcome to Resources for Rethinking. R4R.ca provides immediate access to more than 1000 quality classroom resources. Developed by Learning for a Sustainable Future, R4R.ca connects teachers to lesson plans, books, videos and other materials that explore the environmental, social and economic dimensions of important issues and events unfolding in our world today. R4R resources have been reviewed by experienced classroom teachers and matched to relevant curriculum outcomes for each province and territory. Use the search engine to find resources and read the reviews. Most of these materials can be downloaded immediately.

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Sustainability Classroom Resources at Resources for Rethinking - Exemplary classroom resources reviewed by teachers for teachers

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Welcome to Resources for Rethinking. R4R.ca provides immediate access to more than 1000 quality classroom resources. Developed by Learning for a Sustainable Future, R4R.ca connects teachers to lesson plans, books, videos and other materials that explore the environmental, social and economic dimensions of important issues and events unfolding in our world today.

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Here is the link to my padlet on water and the global goals

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https://www.climate-action.info/

Global learning opportunity organized by Koen Timmins.

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SDGs Story Map
http://sdg.esri.com/dashboard/

World Bank Indicators

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noun: A collection of creative maps that use the Esri Mapping Platform to demonstrate how solutions can be enriched with the power of location. Feel free to share these maps with friends but please remember that they are designed to stimulate ideas and for demonstration purposes only.

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Energy Diet

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Canadians produce more garbage per person than any other developed country in the world. We live in a consumer culture that places more value on what is new and trendy than what is practical for the long term. Most people are familiar with the saying, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle."

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A list of resources made available via his amazing Twitter Feed.

What is Sustainable Development Video

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Amazing initiative for wonderful people in Sweden. Resources, links, ideas and much more all in connection with the SDGs.
https://www.wakeupp.org/

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1. Transitioning from the MDGs to the SDGs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hLuEui6ww

2. The World's Largest Lesson (intro by Malala) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry_9SU0eq9M

3. The World's Largest Lesson - http://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/

4. How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o08ykAqLOxk

5. The SMURFS take on the SDGs - International Day of Happiness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oB89nvdrdA

​6. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform - ​https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs

A huge shout out to https://twitter.com/KathyScheepers for these!

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Celebrate with others around the world.

http://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/

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What better way to grow and collaborate where the SDGs are concerned and for free!

Participate Global Goals Course/Resources

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Microsoft: Teaching Sustainable Global Goals Course

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Microsoft: Teaching Sustainable Global Goals Course

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Free course and connections with educators from around the world. Not long to do but so vital to help make the world better for all.

Teaching Sustainable Development Goals: Microsoft Course

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Multiple free courses to help you better understand the golas and integreate them into your teaching practice and community.

UN: Sustainable Global Goals Courses

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SDG Printable Cards to get your students started or continue learning about the goals

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SDG Printable Cards to get your students started or continue learning about the goals

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Printable cards to help students understand more about SDGs

Cards made via @Participate

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Use of Google to support understanding of the geopolitical world and beyond

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Use of Google to support understanding of the geopolitical world and beyond

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Google Earth: explore the world!

Google Cardboard: to give you a feeling of being in the region so students may get a better feel for regions of the world

GoogleTour : generate your own tour guide; great for students to inquire about the world around them

GeoGuessr: supports inquiry about the world around us and extensions can built from nearly any angle - just like the SDGs!

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Flipgrid Using Student Voice Making Links to the Global Goals.

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Flipgrid Using Student Voice Making Links to the Global Goals.

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The #Whatif Flipgrid connects lessons for students of all ages to make connections to the UN Global Goals. Students have a platform to share their voice to change the world.

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A great pen pal project!

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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Your community is part of who you are, and each community is unique, just like you. In fact, communities are like quilts with fabric made of culture, landscape, love, and people's needs. Addressing these needs can make the community quilt that much stronger, and student creativity can be the answer to these issues.

Buncee Buddies is a digital pen pal program that connects classrooms across the world to engage students in cross-cultural exchanges, critical and creative thinking, and social good. Since 2016, the program has connected 456 classrooms from 28 countries. For the Fall 2017 project, this project will ask students to be the change in the world by looking at the needs of their communities and brainstorming solutions to these needs.

From local litter to the global need for clean energy solutions, the range of issues faced in communities worldwide vary in both scope and scale. For this Buncee Buddies prompt, we're encouraging classrooms around the globe to think about The Sustainable Development Goals as outlined by the UN and any challenges or needs their local communities face, collaborating with their peers and pen pals to create innovative solutions.

This project and experience will build global connections, empower student voice, strengthen creativity and innovation, and foster thoughtful citizenship.

Join us this fall for Buncee Buddies: Be The Change! Sign up up is open until September 8th!

Project Steps For Buncee Buddies: Be The Change

1. Once you receive your pen pal's contact information, reach out and say hello! Set up a date for a video call and discuss how you'd like to share your Buncee with each other. You can use email and more to share! Check out this link for ideas on sharing Buncees with your Buncee Buddies.

2. If your classroom doesn't have a Buncee account yet, create an account for you and your students! Upon signing up for the project, Buncee Buddies classrooms receive a 30 day coupon code for Buncee Classroom to their email.

3. Begin with a class discussion focused around the idea of community, global and local. For third - fifth grade classrooms, use this four day lesson sequence created by Buncee Ambassador & Instructional Resource Teacher UN Sustainable Development Goals Amy Nichols to introduce the project! As a class, brainstorm certain issues in your community and discuss them. The issues can be environmental, social, economic, educational, or health related...just to name a few. Use the and resources shared on Twitter with the #TeachSDGs hashtag as guidance as you discuss the issues in your community.

4. Write a list of some community needs (global or local) in front of the class and have each student choose one that they'd like to address OR choose one to work on together as a class.

5. Students will then create a Buncee of their ideas to solve the issue. Buncees can be made by each student, or you can create one together. The Buncee should incorporate text, video, audio, and photos.

6. Share your Buncees! If you're on Twitter or Facebook, share them with the hashtag #BunceeBuddies and #TeachSDGs. You can meet your Buddies via video call before, after, or numerous times before the Buncee exchange.

Bring your ideas to life! Work together with you school, your town, and even with your pen pals to bring one of your ideas to fruition.
Example Buncees

And, check out this example of a community solution to help address the need for clean, water - Sustainable Development Goal: 6 Clean Water & Sanitation.

K-12 Lessons & Activities for Buncee Buddies

(K-12) Have students create All About Me Buncees including information about their community. They can share these Buncees with their Buncee Buddies. Here's All About Me Buncee.

(K-12) Students can write acrostic poems about their names or an "I Am" poem, based off from Random Acts of Kindness Week.

(Elementary) Read one of the books in the Padlets curated by Shannon Miller and have students create a Buncee as a response to the story. Books About Your Community: https://padlet.com/shannonmmiller/booksaboutcommunity Books About Kindness: https://padlet.com/shannonmmiller/booksfilledwithkindness

(Middle School) Check out this Goal 5: Gender Equality Lesson, created by educator & #TeachSDGs ambassador Fran Siracusa, and the Buncees created for the lesson by students.

(6 -12) Watch the videos and explore the photo essays provided by the Global Oneness Project . Search "Community" to find media related to community issues. Discuss the media as a class, and have students create a Buncee as a response to the video/photos.

Explore these resources and ideas for discussing Goal 6: Clean Water & Sanitation, created and curated by Fran Siracusa.

Have your class create a digital story or a write a poem about a topic related to community. Use the video and audio recording feature in Buncee to share your story or poem.

Make your ideas a reality! Work with your school, community, or your Buncee Buddies to bring the idea to life. Document your work with photos & videos in a Buncee.

Or, think of your own activity ideas for Buncee Buddies: Be The Change!
Standards Aligned With Buncee Buddies

to see just some of the education standards Buncee Buddies is aligned with.

We can't wait to see the connections made and the creative solutions your students come up with. Email info@buncee.com with any questions!

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Buncee Buddies: Be The Change - Buncee Blog

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Your community is part of who you are, and each community is unique, just like you. In fact, communities are like quilts with fabric made of culture, landscape, love, and people's needs. Addressing these needs can make the community quilt that much stronger, and student creativity can be the answer to these issues.

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A Documentary about the Goals(Kindergarten Style)

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A Documentary about the Goals(Kindergarten Style)

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Young children share why the Global Goals Matter

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Young children get a stamp(Global Goal) when we explore

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Explore the resources, connect your students to the world.

Join the World's Largest Lesson (linked in the UN site under the school tab)

GlobalGoals.Org

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Ted Talks/Global Videos: Be inspired by others

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Ted Talks/Global Videos: Be inspired by others

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Gordon Brown: Wiring a Web For Global Good

Michael Green: How can we make the world a better place by 2030

Adam McKim:

Why our students need to learn more about the world

Jason Silva: The Big Picture

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Better understand the world in connection to the goals through the maps and data of the World Bank

The 2017 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals: a new visual guide to data and development

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Teach Sustainable Global Goals: Task Force

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Teach Sustainable Global Goals: Task Force

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Teach SDGS: Resource Site
Task Force Report 2017 - wealth of resources/information

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Power of Student Voice in Making 2030 Goals a reality

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Power of Student Voice in Making 2030 Goals a reality

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Wizard Ayush: Incredible student from India changing the world for the better one action at a time.

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Check out quick actions, news, and the voices of global goal supporters from around the world.

SDGs in Action App Link