Be the Change Maker*

A cross-curricular learning experience which gets your students working in teams to design, plan and carry out a project to make a positive change in their local community. Students will begin by thinking globally and looking at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), designed to alleviate some of the world’s biggest problems by 2030. Students will then act locally to solve a problem in their local community which links to one of the Global Goals.

Year 7-10

6-12 Weeks

Social Sciences
Mathematics and Statistics
English

Free to NZ school teachers

Led by teachers Training Available

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Student Learning

Through Be the Change Maker, students will:

Use design thinking to identify a problem in their local community
Brainstorm a solution to the problem
Go out into the community and collaborate with others to implement this solution

Curriculum links

Be the Change Maker is great way to integrate cross-curricular learning while developing transferable 21c skills. The programme covers learning in Social Sciences, English, Mathematics and any other learning area depending on the nature of the chosen community project.

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