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Chapter Six

Your Turn

Part One

It's time - You've got this!

Read Story Instead

Prefer reading instead? Here's the text version of your lesson.

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.

Your Project

What's your better idea?

Your Project: Outline

View your final project. You got this!

Project: Part One

Create a rapid prototype

Project: Part Two

Test your prototype

Project: Part Three

Re-adjust your idea and go for it!

How To

Guides to help you figure things out.

How to Market Your Idea

Why Marketing Skills are Valuable Promoting ideas, products and services: Marketing skills can help individuals and organizations promote their products, services or ideas effectively, which...

Resume & CV/Cover Letter Writing

What is a Resume? A resume is a concise document summarizing an individual's education, work experience, skills, achievements and qualifications for a specific job application....

What To Do When You Don’t Understand Something

Reread and review the material again. Highlight the important terms or points and do some research. Ask a peer. Ask your teacher. Break down the problem into smaller...

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...

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

Honouring the Life of Jane Goodall

https://youtu.be/SOYXokr9CPA

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

6 Reasons Why You Should Prototype Your Idea Before Developing It

Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Entrepreneur File Type: Article Overview: Why you should always prototype an idea before developing it Web Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/322320

Quick takes on how to bring prototyping into policy-making

Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Medium File Type: Guide Overview: How to bring prototyping into policy making Web Link: https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/quick-takes-on-how-to-bring-prototyping-into-policy-making-cc720f306d93

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/

‘Eco-colonialism’: Rift grows between Indigenous leaders and green activists

Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Culture Divide Source: Financial Post File Type: Essay/Analysis Overview: Is environmentalism colonial? Web Link: https://business.financialpost.com/feature/eco-colonialism-rift-grows-between-indigenous-leaders-and-green-activists

Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity

Bias: Centre Source: McGill-Queen\'s University Press File Type: Book Overview: Canada Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity Web Link: https://www.mqup.ca/canada-products-9780228017622.php?page_id=73&

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...
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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)