This week's LIO is all about UN SDG 9. Goal 9 seeks to build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. Pursuing climate action, economic growth, and social development are all heavily dependent on investments made towards infrastructure and industrial development. As the global economic landscape rapidly changes around us, this can lead to increased inequalities for many aspects of society. Sustained growth must include industrialization and resilient infrastructure that makes opportunities accessible to all people. Having inclusive and sustainable industrialization and infrastructure plays a critical role in generating employment, promoting new technologies, and facilitating the efficient use of resources.
The activities below introduce students to some of the concepts of promoting Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; explore the sustainable use of resources in our industries, and share some ideas about what we can do to support SDG 9!
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The Little Homes and Friendly Walls activities are part of the Explorers for the Global Goals resource, allowing students to explore simple concepts around global issues and develop their skills for life. The resource activities are based on play and incorporate multiple opportunities for students to demonstrate their creativity while exploring concepts like peace, nature and home.
Activities
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Watch Understanding Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure to learn more about SDG 9
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Have students complete the Little Homes activity. This indoor or outdoor activity explores the concepts of home and community and how we can live safely and happily together
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In the Friendly Walls activity, students design and build walls, exploring the different ways that we can affect each other and our community through the things we build
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Watch author Nina Laden read her book “Roberto the Insect Architect", a funny and inspirational story that will encourage students to build their dreams and an excellent introduction for SDG 9
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Get outside and play for SDG 9. After playing the game, discuss how industry and innovation make the world safer or how technology makes you feel safer
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This resource has students compare our waste system and economy to the circle of life. Students will be given cards with pictures of different natural objects and asked to arrange them to show the circle of life. Students will then be given cards that show the process of machine-made objects and asked to create a circle as well. Since machine-made objects do not follow a circular process, there will be a discussion about how this is a linear process instead.
Activities
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Watch SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and infrastructure to learn more about the need for citizens to engage in efforts to promote industry, innovation and infrastructure
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Have students watch the Breaking the Cycle of Plastic waste video and examine the accompanying infographic focusing on the circular economy
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Have students take the Squashed Tomato Challenge to build a system that can move tomatoes down a mountainside without squishing them. The hands-on activity enables students to develop their solutions to a transportation problem
- Have students list the infrastructure in their community that makes their life better. Brainstorm a list of which areas could be improved and how
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The Flood:ED program engages learners in hands-on learning about flooding. Students are guided through various learning and take-action activities, where they learn about the issue, develop a flood resilience plan for their school, take action to combat flooding in their communities and report the impact of their actions.
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Take the Flood:ED Challenge today to build flood resilience in your school by planning and taking action!
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Have students code their own sustainable eco-city that provides a place for people to work and live in an environmentally sustainable way
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Watch Take Action on Goal 9 to learn what action you can take to support SDG 9
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| What did you think of Circular Economy? | | | | |
This STEM resource promotes critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and collaboration. Students work together to design and make a model of a home able to withstand the effects of flooding due to climate change. The resource has students look at the devastating impacts of flooding worldwide and learn more about flood-resistant housing.
Activities
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Watch Understanding Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure to learn more about SDG 9
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What can you do to combat flooding in your school? Take the Flood:ED Challenge today to build flood resilience in your school by planning and taking action!
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Use this activity to get students thinking about the importance of innovation in the past and for the future
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Watch Paper City - An Urban Story, a stop-motion video animation portraying today's urban challenges using a paper and cardboard mock city. Have students create their own stop-motion animation depicting their community's challenges
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Disturbance and Development exposes students to resource development projects in the Northwest Territories, introduces how Indigenous knowledge and local communities contribute to understanding of toxins, and allows students to investigate the environmental disturbances that can arise from development
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Watch Take Action on Goal 9 to learn what action you can take to support SDG 9
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Take on the challenge of Designing a Sustainable House, students choose technologies to create their home while considering the financial cost and environmental impact
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| What did you think of Beat the Flood? | | | |
About Learning Inside Out
Above you will find a selection of activities, broken down by various grade levels. These guides will be released weekly and archived on our Learning Inside Out page, so you can always access the full catalogue.
All activities have been modified from resources on our R4R database, simplified and adapted for both outdoor learning in the school yard or at-home as needed. The activity descriptions above should contain all the information and links that you need!
If you'd like to view the full original resource on R4R, including curriculum connections for every province/territory, click the activity title.
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