This resource provides information about the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which seek to create a more equitable, peaceful, and healthy world for all people.
For each goal, there is an overview, measurements related to the goal, annual updates on the goal, and links to related publications.
Teaching Tips
Positives
The website links to several UN reports that can be used in many different ways.
Directly above the icons of the 17 Goals, there is a link that leads to versions of the guidelines in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and Chinese.
Additional Prerequisites
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 with a plan to complete the goals by 2030.
This site contains a massive amount of information. Teachers will need a clear purpose and goals for students using the site.
Differentiation
Students could work in groups to develop solutions aligned with the SDGs.
Student councils or other student groups could devise sustainable development goals for the school.
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.
HS-ESS3-1 Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
HS-ESS3-3 Create a computational simulation to illustrate the relationships among management of natural resources, the sustainability of human populations, and biodiversity.
HS-ESS3-6 Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 2: Civics
D2.Civ.14.6-8 Compare historical and contemporary means of changing societies, and promoting the common good.
D2.Civ.1.9-12 Distinguish the powers and responsibilities of local, state, tribal, national, and international civic and political institutions.
D2.Civ.14.9-12 Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of changing societies, promoting the common good, and protecting rights.
World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (ACTFL)
Connections: Connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations.
3.1 Making Connections: Learners build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.
