Building Biodiversity

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Beschrijving

This lesson’s objective is to help students understand the impact people have on biodiversity and generate solutions that meet the needs of both people and nature. 

This resource contains a teacher guide and PowerPoint presentation to help teachers introduce the topic of supporting biodiversity in our built environments. Through questioning, teamwork, and discussion, students will learn and debate the challenging dilemmas of meeting nature’s and people’s needs.

The Design Thinking approach could be used to facilitate students developing solutions to meet the conflicting needs of people and nature.

The resource has been created by The Economist Educational Foundation.

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Hoe gebruik je deze bron

The resource is part of the Topical Talk series by The Economist Educational Foundation, designed to inspire students and help develop essential critical-thinking and communication skills through informed and open-minded discussions about the most significant issues of our time.

This resource is designed to be used as a 1-hour lesson with students. It contains

• Ready-to-use, clear teacher instructions that are easy to follow
• An accessible PowerPoint that’s clear, colourful and student-friendly
• Printable, engaging resources with instructions for how to present them
• Keywords and definitions to break down new or challenging vocabulary

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De middelen

Sustainable Living: Building Biodiversity PDF:

Download the Presentation (PowerPoint)

The Economist Educational Foundation hosts free resources, festivals and events on their website. You can access more in this series on The Economist Educational Foundation Topical Talk homepage, where you can browse and download free resources. Please note, the downloading of Topical Talk resources requires user registration.

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Learning Outcomes (Teachers)

• Eliciteren van voorkennis en verder ontwikkelen van kennis en begrip van de belangrijkste concepten van Duurzaam Burgerschap, waarbij gevestigde wereldbeelden en waarden in twijfel worden getrokken.

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Groene competenties

• Duurzame waarden belichamen: Valuing Sustainability; Promoting Nature
• Complexiteit omarmen in duurzaamheid: Kritisch denken; probleemopstelling
• Duurzame toekomstvisies: Aanpassingsvermogen; Onderzoekend denken

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Creative Commons

The Topical Talk Sustainable Living: Building Biodiversity resource was created by The Economist Educational Foundation. It is shared on the Synapses Portal with kind permission from The Economist Educational Foundation.

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