Girls for the planet (US)

In this lesson, students will investigate the environmental benefits that arise from empowering women and girls. They will access statistics about the education of women and represent this data using back-to-back stem and leaf plots and histograms.They will also undertake an action that will inform the school community about what they have learned or how they can support the empowerment and education of girls around the world.

2hrs 19mins

United States

Worksheet

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Overview

In this lesson, students will investigate the environmental benefits that arise from empowering women and girls. They will access statistics about the education of women and represent this data using back-to-back stem and leaf plots and histograms.

They will also undertake an action that will inform the school community about what they have learned or how they can support the empowerment and education of girls around the world.

Teacher Involvement: Medium – lead class discussion, support students with new vocabulary and concepts, assist students with new and familiar mathematical concepts.

Learning objectives:

  • Students will be able to identify questions and issues involving statistics
  • Students will be able to collect data directly from secondary sources
  • Students will be able to communicate data, with the aim of influencing an audience

Credits and acknowledgements:

Cool.org prepared the 2040 Curriculum Guide. Together Films adapted these lessons for US educators and will do an annual review of these resources to ensure they are still in line with the US Curriculum.

US Educator Note: Australian educational standards have been adapted and aligned by discipline, and when possible, to US standards.

Cool Australia, GoodThing Productions and Regen Studios would like to acknowledge the generous contributions of Good Pitch Australia, Shark Island Institute, Documentary Australia Foundation, The Caledonia Foundation, Global Health Film and our philanthropic partners in the development of these teaching resources.

Watching the film

Watch the full film with your class by filling in this form. If you have any questions, please contact the Together Films team at 2040@togetherfilms.org

The Schools Version of 2040 includes an educational licence and is for US elementary and secondary schools that wish to utilise the film as a learning tool or host on-site screenings for the school community.

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What you'll need

  • Lesson materials.
  • Student Worksheets – one copy per student.
  • Two pieces of graph paper per student or access to a device with Excel.
  • Device capable of presenting to the class, with internet access.
  • Student devices with internet access.
  • Dictionaries (optional).
  • Rulers.

Lesson materials

Worksheet

Teacher worksheet - Girls for the planet

Worksheet

Student worksheet - Girls for the planet

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