Curriculum 4 Change

Teaching today can feel complex. Students are bringing real concerns about climate change, social justice, and their own futures into the classroom. Educators need to meet curriculum goals while holding space for these important discussions. Curriculum for Change (C4C) can help you navigate these challenges with confidence.

C4C is a new eco-social learning portal that fosters literacy and personal engagement by holistically integrating online research with classroom discussions, self-reflection in nature with community activities, meaningful peer dialogue with project-based learning, and social-emotional practices with critical thinking. This experiential learning resource will help you foster climate literacy in your classroom that students apply directly to real-world issues.

Curriculum For Change

20+ Action Packs on Eco-Social Topics

Interactive Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities

Career Explorations and Capstone Project Ideas

BC Curriculum Connections Grades 5-12

20+ turnkey Action Packs that guide students on a holistic learning journey through the eco-social issue of their choice.
9 Lesson Plans that support teacher facilitation of reflective dialogue, critical and creative thinking, community climate action, and developing capstone projects.
Course Connections to Action Packs on key eco-social issues relevant to climate change across the themes of:
- Connection & Resilience
- Consumption Choices & Impacts
- Earth Systems & Natural Resources
- Health & Food
- Justice & Community

Example Action Pack: Climate Justice

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BTCEA WORKSHOPS

Build knowledge. Spark action. Create change.

Curriculum For Change (C4C) gives students the knowledge and tools to understand today’s climate challenges and imagine what change can look like in their own communities. Build climate literacy with a C4C Action Pack, and pair it with a recommended Be the Change Earth Alliance workshop. Scheduled at the beginning, middle, or end of a C4C Unit, a Be the Change facilitator will activate your students’ learning through hands-on, real-world application.

C4C teachers have priority booking of Be the Change workshops. Review our workshops and find the offering that best complements your classroom learning below:

Be the Change Workshop	Description
Climate Action, Resilience & Emotions (CARE)	A classroom workshop that helps youth navigate and process their climate-related emotions, build emotional resilience, and take positive environmental action in their communities.
Habitat Clean-Up	A fun, hands-on outdoor workshop in which students learn about waste, pollution, and ecosystem protection, while becoming part of the solution through environmental stewardship in their community.
ReconnectING: Imagination, Nature & Gratitude	A two-hour outdoor workshop that helps students reconnect with nature while exploring gratitude and imagination as tools for restoration and resistance.
Water is Life	A two-part classroom workshop that deepens students' understanding of the climate crisis, threats to freshwater, and the impact of individual and collective action through discussion and hands-on activities.
Youth Climate Ambassadors Project (YCAP)	Classroom workshops in which students gain tools, skills, and practices to become effective communicators, active citizens, and confident “Climate Ambassadors”. YCAP: Climate Change & Animals - Students understand climate change and its impacts through climate stories of affected animals and habitats (Grades 1-4) YCAP: Climate Change & Communities - Students understand climate change and its impacts on different communities, and create their own personal climate stories as tools for positive climate action (Grades 5-12) YCAP: Climate Justice - Students learn about climate justice, and create their own personal climate stories as tools for positive climate action (Grades 8-12)

Not sure which workshop to pick? Book a short consultation call with our team to discuss which workshop works best for you and your class!

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What Teachers Are Saying...

Debbie Lodewijk

Grade 11 Science Teacher

“My teaching practice has blossomed through the teaching of this course. I have seen pride and joy in my students and they are learning to deal with and work through failures and make connections to their food and the local community.”

Mairi Anderson

Grade 5/6 Teacher

“This program is full of well-researched materials for teaching students about human impact on the climate. The resources encourage students to be more self-aware, and sensitive to the world around them, while giving them tools to address the issues they learn about.”

Fiona Buchanan

Grade 10-11 Leadership & Careers Teacher

"I am new at the school and worked with a group of students I have not worked with before. The students were incredibly engaged with the inquiry and the resources we used. The most important observation I made was the empowerment the students felt after finishing the projects. Because the students were required to take actions and because the actions were “doable” students felt like they were actually making a difference."