Lesson series on the environment and sustainable development, for teachers and educators. Each series is complete: teacher guide, slides and printable worksheets.
Talking about the environment with children without discouraging them. Each series starts from their daily life, builds on facts, and ends with what they can do. Every lesson is linked to the SDGs and to the Belgian French-speaking curriculum.
They talk more than the teacher: questions, group work, creating
Step-by-step guide, slides and worksheets ready: nothing to build from scratch
Clear facts, without guilt
Each series ends with an action the class chooses
The SDGs? 17 goals adopted by the United Nations for 2030. Learn more: United Nations · sdgs.be (Belgium).
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Four lessons that follow a chocolate bar's journey to the sea, explore life in the North Sea, then create and act. No guilt, no doom: we understand, we create, we act.
Learners follow a chocolate bar's journey to the sea, and see where our packaging ends up.
Learners discover North Sea animals, run a small experiment and read in expert groups.
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In groups, learners create a wave showing what they learnt and a message for the ocean.
Learners discover who is already acting for the ocean, then choose and plan an action for their class.
Who is it for? Designed for Belgium: for English- and French-speaking schools, and for European and international schools based in Belgium, free to adapt it to their projects. Each lesson can also be used on its own. Links to the SDG targets are in the series overview. Teaching outside Belgium? The "Adapt the series to your coast" help sheet (PDF, 2 pages) shows what to change in Lessons 2 and 4.
One short form gives you the rest of the series straight away. If you wish, we will also let you know when new series and the English edition are available.
Series 1 is the first in a collection. Coming next:
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Tell me what worked, what you adapted, and share your projects. Learners' voices matter just as much: a word, a sentence or a drawing about what they learnt or enjoyed.
Piloting the series with a class? The pilot kit (PDF, 3 pages) sets out the steps and includes a learner sheet, the answers and a note for families.
Photos of learners' work: only with families' consent, by email to pendo@drpendomaro.com, subject "Série éducative – Du chocolat à l'océan".
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