United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – Education Resources

Shaping Our Future Together – United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

We’ve put together a selection of great resources for both Primary and Secondary year levels that align to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Sustainable Development Goals:
There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and they’re an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. These goals are interlinked, and are designed to be a blueprint for us to achieve a better and more sustainable future for us all.

We have aligned a selection of our resources to their year levels below: Use the buttons to check them out!

What are the Sustainable Development Goals?

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests. To learn more about the goals, head to the official UN Sustainable Development Goals page.

We have collated a collection of great resources relevant to Primary and Secondary year levels below, each aligned to one of the goals

Primary Lessons

Poverty & Inequality in Australia

Years 3 to 6

Subjects: English, Maths, HPE

Themes:

Learn@Home – Needs and Wants Collage

Ages 10 to 12

Subjects: HASS, Visual Arts, Science, Business and Economics

Themes:

Love Food? Love Bees!

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: English, Science, Commerce, Health, Arts, Maths

Themes: Food security, sustainability, biodiversity, ecosystems

2040

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, HASS, D&T, Maths
Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

SugarByHalf

Foundation – Year 6

Subjects: HPE, Science, English, HASS, Maths

Themes: Healthy eating, diet, social and economical impacts of sugar

Footy Fit

Years 3 – 6

Subjects: HPE, Arts, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Themes: Diversity, Body health and fitness, nutrition, routines

Cool Australia: 1,700+ lessons

Foundation – Year 12

Subjects: More than 23

Themes: Environmental, social and economic sustainability

Cool Australia Digital Library

Open to All

Curated digital library for learning and research.

Themes: Environmental, social and economic sustainability

2040

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, HASS, D&T, Maths
Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

Learn About STEM/STEAM

Foundation – Year 10

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, D&T, HASS, Maths

Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

Learn About Water

Years 1 – 6

Subjects: English, Science, Geography, Maths, ICT, Civ. & Cit.

Themes: Clean accessible water, water conservation & consumption, storm-water pollution.

Blue: The Film

Foundation – Year 6

Subjects: HASS, Science, English, Maths, Health, Arts, D&T

Themes: Healthy oceans, habitat destruction, species loss, pollution

Learn About Energy

Years 1 – 6

Subjects: English, STEM, HASS, Maths

Themes: Sustainability, climate change, technology, energy generation, renewables

Earth Hour

Foundation – Year 6

Subjects: Science, English, Geography, D&T, Art

Themes: Climate change, extreme weather events, biodiversity, healthy oceans

Cisco Global Problem Solvers

Years 3 – 6

Subjects: HASS, D&T, English

Themes: Teamwork, collaboration, innovation, real-world problems

Learn about STEM/STEAM

Foundation – Year 10

Subjects: Science, Geography, Maths, D&T, Art

Themes: 21st-century & enterprise skills, design thinking, creativity

The Final Quarter

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: HASS, Civ. & Cit, HPE, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders Histories & Cultures, English, Music

Themes: Racism, privilege, cultural pride, resilience, values, dignity

Including Everyone

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: English, Arts, Humanities, Design, Arts, English, HPE, Civ. & Cit., History

Themes: Educational parity, entrepreneurism

2040

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, D&T, HASS, Maths

Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

The Bays

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: Geography

Themes: Community and stakeholder inclusive urban development, livability, local democracy

MobileMuster

Years 3 – 6

Subjects: History, English, Science, Geography, Tech, Arts, Design, HASS

Themes: E-waste/recycling, sustainability, behaviour change, product stewardship

Visy Education

Foundation – Year 6

Subjects: English, Maths

Themes: Recycling, closing the loop, reducing waste and taking positive action

Learn About Climate Change

Years 1 – 6

Subjects: STEM, Geography, Art

Themes: Climate change, sustainability, scientific research, technology, weather

Earth Hour

Foundation – Year 6

Subjects: Science, English, Geography, D&T, Art

Themes: Climate change, extreme weather events, biodiversity, healthy oceans

Blue: The Film

Foundation – Year 6

Subjects: HASS, Science, English, Maths, Health, Arts, D&T

Themes: Healthy oceans, habitat destruction, species loss, pollution

Take 3

Foundation – Year 6

Subjects: Humanities, Science, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures, Arts, English, Commerce

Themes: Healthy oceans, pollution, taking action, waterways

Roots and Shoots

Foundation – Year 6

Subjects: Science, HASS, English, Geography

Themes: Habitat destruction, biodiversity, climate change

Love Food? Love Bees!

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: English, Science, Commerce, Health, Arts, Maths

Themes: Food security, sustainability, biodiversity, ecosystems

Stories of Our Rights and Freedoms

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: HASS

Themes: Human rights, democracy, the UN, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander rights & freedoms

IMAGI-NATION{TV}

Years 5 & 6

Subjects: English, Arts, HASS, D&T, HPE, Civ. & Cit., History, Communication

Themes: Educational parity, entrepreneurism, using imagination

Secondary Lessons

The Oasis

Years 9 & 10

Subjects: HPE
Themes: Youth Homelessness, Resilience, Social Inequality

Life After The Oasis

Years 9 & 10

Subjects: HPE
Themes: Youth Homelessness, Resilience, Social Inequality

2040

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, D&T, HASS, Maths

Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

Love Food? Love Bees!

Years 9 & 10

Subjects: Geography

Themes: Food security, sustainability, biodiversity, ecosystems

SugarByHalf

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: HPE, Science, English, HASS, Maths

Themes: Healthy eating, diet, social and economical impacts of sugar

Dying to Live

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: English, Science, Maths and HPE

Themes: Organ and tissue donation

Cool Australia: 1,700+ lessons

Foundation – Year 12

Subjects: More than 23

Themes: Environmental, social and economic sustainability

Cool Australia Digital Library

Open to All

Curated digital library for learning and research.

Themes: Environmental, social and economic sustainability

AFLW

Years 9 – 12

Subjects: English, HPE

Themes: Women in sport, overcoming stereotypes, identity, diversity, celebrating difference

2040

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, D&T, HASS, Maths

Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

MangroveWatch

Years 9 – 12

Subjects: Geography, Science

Themes: Healthy waterways, citizen science

Learn About Water

Years 9 & 10

Subjects: Science, Geography, Maths, ICT, Civ. & Cit.

Themes: Clean accessible water, water conservation & consumption, storm-water pollution.

2040

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, D&T, HASS, Maths

Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

Earth Hour

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: Science, English, Geography, D&T, Art

Themes: Climate change, extreme weather events, biodiversity, healthy oceans

Aspire Generation

Years 9 & 10

Subjects: English and Work Studies

Themes: Innovation, making a difference in your local community

Learn about STEM/STEAM

Foundation – Year 10

Subjects: Science, Geography, Maths, D&T, Art

Themes: 21st-century & enterprise skills, design thinking, creativity

The Final Quarter

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: Humanities, Civ. & Cit., HPE, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures, English, Music

Themes: Racism, privilege, cultural pride, resilience, values, dignity.

In My Blood it Runs

Years 9 & 10

Subjects: English, Aboriginal & TSI Histories and Cultures

Themes:Rights of the Child, Self Determination, Speaking Power and Indigenous experiences of state education.

2040

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, D&T, HASS, Maths

Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

The Bays

Years 7 & 8

Subjects: Geography

Themes: Community and stakeholder inclusive urban development, livability, local democracy

MobileMuster

Years 3 – 8

Subjects: History, English, Science, Geography, Tech, Arts, Design, HASS

Themes: E-waste/recycling, sustainability, behaviour change, product stewardship

Visy Education

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: English (Literacy), Science, Maths

Themes: Recycling, closing the loop, reducing waste and taking positive action

2040

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: English, STEM, Geography, Commerce, D&T, HASS, Maths

Themes: Climate change, marine permaculture, educating girls, tech, agriculture, transport, energy

Wild Things

Years 8 – 10

Subjects: Geography, English, Civics and Citzenship
Themes: Climate change, Climate Action, Environmental activism

Blue: The Film

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: Geography, Science, English, Maths

Themes: Healthy oceans, habitat destruction, species loss, pollution

Take 3

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: Humanities, Science, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures, Arts, English, Commerce

Themes: Healthy oceans, pollution, taking action, waterways

Love Food? Love Bees!

Years 9 & 10

Subjects: Geography

Themes: Food security, sustainability, biodiversity, ecosystems

Citizen Science

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: Science, Geography, Maths

Themes: Climate change, citizen science, biodiversity

Stories of Our Rights and Freedoms

Years 7 – 10

Subjects: History, Civ. & Cit, Creativity

Themes: Human rights, democracy, the UN, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander rights & freedoms

Our Stories

Years 8 & 9

Subjects: Civics and Citizenship

Themes: Empathy and understanding, refugees and asylum seekers

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