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Teaching the Sustainable Development Goals

Let's find out how integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the curriculum gives students agency. It will also provide some practical tips on how to implement SDGs in the classroom.

Katie Gourlay - Participate Teacher of the Year 2018

Discover how Participate teacher of the year, Katie Gourlay, started teaching the SDGs in her 3rd-grade class with only one Global Goal in mind, but later found the link with many of the other Global Goals. Katie's inspirational project offers an insight into the best practice in bringing the SDGs into the classroom.

Paola Contreras - Elementary Teacher

Hear about Paola Contreras's experience teaching the SDGs at her school. She gives advice for teachers who are introducing SDGs in the classroom for the first time and shares an example of the project on water sanitation she did in her class.

Cassandra Bradford - Visual Arts Teacher

Find out how visual arts teacher, Cassandra Bradford, stumbled upon teaching the SDGs by accident. Since her discovery, the SDGs have completely transformed the way she plans her lessons, units, and semesters, giving an overarching theme that gives students individual pathways to achieving their learning objectives.

Kimm Murfitt - IB Co-ordinator

Find out how Kimm Murfitt, IB Coordinator at Winkler Middle school used the concept of Blessing Bags to implement the teaching of the SDGs. She believes that collaborations and partnerships in the local community are key to enabling teachers to bring the SDGs into the classroom.

Jhonatan Mesa - Elementary Teacher

Jhonatan Mesa, a teacher from Colombia, discusses his experience of introducing SDGs into his classroom. He shares insights into how he implemented global goals 3 and 12 through a tower garden project. He also reflects on ways to further improve this teaching approach through developing additional 21st-century skills.

Wendy Guerras - Kindergarten Teacher

'As teachers, we are the ones that can make a change but if we just focus on teaching, it is not our job. There's more, it's deeper.'. This is the story of a kindergarten teacher, Wendy Guerras, who teaches in a Spanish dual immersion program. She discusses how she brings the SDGs into her classroom using virtual field trips and shares her professional objectives as a teacher.

Jesus Sanchez - 4th Grade Teacher

Jesus Sanchez is a 4th-grade teacher from Colombia who believes that teaching the global goals encourages students to develop sensitivity and empathy when confronting global issues. He has "ignited the light of curiosity" and "a torch of passion" for his students to take action through an action-driven learning environment. Find out about how he implements the SDGs into his classroom.

Sophia Gourney - High School Teacher

Learn about Sophia Gourney's experience in bringing the SDGs into her classroom. Sophia is a high school teacher from Ireland. She believes in getting students moving and stepping outside the classroom to witness real-life examples of global issues, such as an Israeli-Palestinian art project.

Ana Lopez - 1st-Grade Elementary Teacher

Ana Lopez is a 1st-grade teacher who led a full immersion class in Spanish at Carolina Forest International Elementary school, in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Find out why she loved teaching the SDGs as she explains a project with her class focused on teaching about the effects of plastic in the environment.

Asha McMilan - Kindergarten Teacher

Hear about Asha McMilan's experience of using a service project to teach the No Poverty and Zero Hunger SDGs. Asha believes through inspiring her students, drives passion, advocacy, and ultimately change in society, regardless of their age.

Ava-Gaye Blackford - 2nd Grade Dual Language Teacher

Find out how 2nd-grade teacher, Ava-Gaye Blackford, conducted a project that incorporated four of the Global Goals that focused on reducing food waste and eating more healthily. She also gives tips on how to implement the SDGs into any classroom.

Casey Collins - Music Teacher

Using music to teach the SDGs might not be the first idea in most teachers' minds, but Casey Collins shows us how she used the Civil Rights movement as a theme to teach about social justice as a Global Goal. Find out how she implemented student-led projects to achieve this goal.