It’s Science Literacy Week, and this year’s theme is Curiosity.
But curiosity isn’t just about finding answers. Sometimes, it’s about being willing to ask a bigger question:
What if we looked at things differently?
In Why Nature?, we explore why Nature Labs chose nature — and two bears — as a lens for thinking about some of the biggest challenges we face.
Balancing the needs of people and nature can mean very different things to different people. And that’s intentional.
Rather than telling students what to think, we invite them to look closer, ask questions, listen to perspectives they may disagree with, do their research and think critically about what a better balance could look like.
Maybe the answer starts with housing. Maybe it starts with community. Maybe it’s protecting habitat, supporting an industry, developing new technology or simply finding better ways to tell stories about nature.
There isn’t one prescribed answer. That’s the point.
Nature is the common starting place, a way to move beyond what divides us and explore what might be possible when we listen, learn and work together.
So! What should balancing the needs of people and nature look like to you?
That’s your challenge.
More FREE activities to celebrate this week:
Grades 3-8: Our bilingual Curious by Nature hub, created in partnership with Environment and Climate Change Canada, includes free downloadable guides to get students outside and curious about nature. And the expansive, interactive digital hub offers tools and lesson plans for expanding Nature Labs to younger grades, while offering experiential media that help connect your class to to the place where students are learning.
Grades 9-12: Our free Science unit is available and tested by 300,000+ students across Canada.
Download the Curious by Nature guides below
