Part One: Your Turn
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Questions & Activities
Reflect on your lesson with short activities, or by exploring referenced articles, featured podcasts, term definitions, and more!
Featured Hot Take
Putting something that’s uniquely yours into the world isn’t easy. Don’t panic! Every innovator and leader and changemaker had to start somewhere and though the path always looks daunting when we take our first step, it’s easier than we assume.
We spoke with Story Warren, an award-winning rising leader and community builder, to find out what it’s like to start a movement as a teenager, and what advice she has for those who want to follow in her footsteps.
We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like art, or science, or English, or social studies, but they are all related and by listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.
Part Two: Your Project
What's your better idea?
How To
Guides to help you figure things out.
What is AI?
There are two main types of AI: narrow AI and general AI. Narrow AI, also known as weak AI, is designed to perform specific...
How to Plan an Assignment
Need a few tips to complete your assignment and ensure you're on task? Review these suggestions!
Understand the Assignment Requirements:
Carefully read the assignment prompt.
Note down...
Mapping Your Natural Context
#BiodiversityIsLife
Why is it important to understand your local, natural context?
Understanding the ecosystem: Biodiversity refers to the variety of life on earth, but it also...
The Perfect Pitch
A pitch refers to a persuasive message or presentation that is designed to convince someone to buy a product or service, invest in a...
How to Overcome Obstacles
An obstacle is any barrier or challenge that stands in the way of achieving a desired goal or outcome. Obstacles can take many different...
Stories from rising leaders
Young people can change the world. You can make a difference for people and nature today. But the path isn’t always as obvious or as easy as we...
Design Thinking with Michael Kennedy
So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new business; to improve a community service; to change the world...
Selecting Your Topic
Choosing a good topic for a project can be challenging, but here are some steps to make the decision just a bit less overwhelming.
Identify...
Further Expoloration
Latest News
New Lesson Alert: ‘Canada at a Crossroads’
This five-part story will be featured across each of the first five chapters of Nature Labs and will ask students to explore, through the...
Podcasts for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
We must be willing to listen and learn from all peoples and all life. Indeed, listening, and acting, is what the National Day for...
Resources From the Curated Library
8 remarkable social innovation prototyping methods and tools
8 remarkable social innovation prototyping methods and tools
Bias: Centre Left
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Social Innovation Academy
File Type: Resource
Overview: Tools and strategies to apply to prototyping
Web Link: http://www.socialinnovationacademy.eu/8-remarkable-social-innovation-prototyping-methods-tools/
In the perpetual quest for the secret to happiness, scientists butted heads until they...
Bias: Centre
Source: The Globe and Mail
File Type: Essay/Research
Overview: In the perpetual quest for the secret to happiness, scientists butted heads until they found an answer
Web Link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-scientists-pursuit-of-happiness-debate/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Morning%20Update&utm_content=2024-10-11_6&utm_term=Morning%20Update%3A%20Playing%20nice%20this%20Thanksgiving&utm_campaign=newsletter&cu_id=bZnKMoBYEqn1yUkTzfoe4%2BPSvjxFhJPIuOC0qZ57Bs0%3D
What is prototyping?
What is prototyping?
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Innovation Foundation
File Type: Video
Overview: What prototyping is
Don’t Fall In Love With Your First Ideas
Don't Fall In Love With Your First Ideas
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Strategyzer
File Type: Resource
Overview: Why it's important to not fall in love with your first idea
Web Link: https://www.strategyzer.com/blog/posts/2014/7/31/dont-fall-in-love-with-your-first-idea
Understanding How Design Thinking, Lean and Agile Work Together
Understanding How Design Thinking, Lean and Agile Work Together
Bias: Centre Right
Sub-Category: Peer Review
Source: Mind the Product
File Type: Guide
Overview: From problem to solution assessment: process breakdown
Web Link: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/understanding-design-thinking-lean-agile-work-together/
Reflections
Michael Kennedy
So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new business; to improve a community service; to change the world...
Further Considerations
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