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Chapter Six

Your Turn

Lesson Media
  • Watch video (overview of concepts in this chapter)
  • Reflect (simple activities and discussions)
Your Project
  • Introduction to your final project
  • Create, test and adjust your idea

Part One: Your Turn

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.

Part Two: 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

Specialized guides to help you create and excel!

How to Deal with Conflict

Disagreements and conflict are a part of life. Whether you disagree with someone because of your beliefs, habits, personality, communication style, ambitions or priorities,...

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...

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...

How to Work in a Group

Why it's important to know how to work in a group Achieving goals: Working in a group can help you achieve goals that would be...

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

Everything that could happen next…

The Alberta/Ottawa Agreement Meets Another Unity Crisis Following the November 27th memorandum of understanding between the federal government and Alberta, we sat down with Canada's...

Remembrance Day

https://www.tiktok.com/@naturelabs/video/7571479710115319060?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7146707029787248133

Understanding COP30 and Canada’s Role in Global Climate Action (Lesson)

COP30 is the 30th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (Conference of the Parties), taking place in November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, in the...

Resources From the Curated Library

How to ask the better question

How to ask the better question Sub-Category: Interviews Source: TED File Type: Video Overview: How to ask the better question

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

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

Khan Academy: A Case Study in Scaling a Start-Up

Bias: Centre/Right Source: Khan Academy File Type: Case Study Overview: Khan Academy: A Case Study in Scaling a Start-Up Web Link: https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/11/khan-academy-a-case-study-in-scaling-a-start-up

Great Questions Lead to Great Design – A Guide to the Design Thinking Process

Great Questions Lead to Great Design – A Guide to the Design Thinking Process Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Interviews Source: Design (Business) File Type: Guide Overview: Asking the better question gets the better answer Web...

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)