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Chapter Six

Your Turn

Part One

It's time - You've got this!

Read Story Instead

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Questions & Activities

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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.

Did this story leave you with a question? 

The best questions will be answered by Environment and Climate Change Canada’s scientists on video just for you! Make sure you include your name and school.

Your Project

What's your better idea?

Your Project: Outline

View your final project. You got this!

Project: Part One

Create a rapid prototype

Test your prototype

Rapid prototype your idea.

Project: Part Three

Re-adjust your idea and go for it!

How To

Guides to help you figure things out.

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...

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...

How to Conduct a Student/Teacher Conference

A student-teacher conference is a meeting between a teacher and one or more students. These conferences are usually held outside of the regular classroom...

Ethics & AI

AI has the potential to significantly advance and benefit every facet of society. However, it also raises important ethical questions we must address. Like...

Focus Groups – A Guide

Focus groups are a valuable tool to gather opinions from, and test your idea with, a diverse group of stakeholders, consumers, citizens or classmates....

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 Exploration

Latest News

The Year We Lived, The Future We Saw

At the start of the year, you may have examined major global and national events and made predictions about what might come next with...

List of Nature Labs Topics Covered in the 2025/26 School Year

Predicting Our Year Ahead (summary and activity) National Wildlife Day Inflation and the Economy: Rate Cuts (summary and analysis) National Tree Day World Rivers Day World News Day Truth and...

Canada’s New Governor General – Louise Arbour

Canada has a new Governor General! Today, former Supreme Court justice and human rights advocate Louise Arbour was installed as Canada’s 31st Governor General,...

Resources From the Curated Library

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

Prototyping in Policy — What For?!

Prototyping in Policy — What For?! Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Medium File Type: Essay/Analysis Overview: Does prototyping work in policy-making? Web Link: https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/prototyping-in-policy-what-for-c7c567d922ec

Insights from one of the most successful interviews in TV news history

Insights from one of the most successful interviews in TV news history Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Katie Curic File Type: Video Overview: Insights from one of the most successful interviews in TV news...

Simple Explanation of How to Write a Report

Simple Explanation of How to Write a Report Sub-Category: Research & Reference Source: A Research Guide File Type: Guide Overview: A guide to writing a research paper Web Link: https://www.aresearchguide.com/write-a-report.html

How to identify and avoid bias in research

How to identify and avoid bias in research Sub-Category: Research & Reference Source: Medium File Type: Guide Overview: How to identify and avoid bias in research Web Link: https://medium.com/@scottclark/5-research-biases-how-to-identify-and-avoid-them-in-your-research-1ae97bb76d3

Using the RAFT Writing Strategy

The RAFT Writing Strategy Source: Read Write Think File Type: Strategy Overview: The RAFT guide to writing Web Link: https://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/using-raft-writing-strategy

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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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)