STARTER ACTIVITIES

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End poverty in all it’s forms everywhere Chabna’s Story Watch the clip below… How has Chabna’s life changed? What caused this change to happen? Is it still our responsibility to help the poorest if they live in countries where there is now significant wealth? Can donating money actually make the situation worse?

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture Describe and explain any patterns of World hunger. Are there any surprises? What causes hunger issues?

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages What does it mean to be healthy? Click here to reveal answers… What does it mean to be healthy? Click here to reveal answers…

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all What do you think that this map shows?

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls What would your life be like if you were not allowed to fulfil your aspirations?

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all How do these pictures help to improve sanitation and health? How is it different to yours?

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all Which renewable energy could be developed more in Qatar? What impact might it have on our lives and landscapes? How has Renewable Energy improve the lives of those living in Nairobi National Park?

Promote sustained inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Is there any pattern to the occupations of people throughout Qatar? Why might certain employees work in particular areas? How has industry changed in Qatar? Why has it changed? Is it sustainable? supermarkets-cost-migrant-exploitation- pay-pesticide

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation Make a list of 5 inventions that you think have changed your life. Which are most important? – Extension – who invented these life changing inventions? What other factors could be improved by inventions?

Reduce inequalities within and among countries Suggest how ‘rules’ could be changed to reduce inequalities within and among countries?

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable What impact may these changes (in only 5 years!) have had on the quality of life in Doha, Qatar?

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns What impact do organic products have on sustainable consumption? Make a list of items that you could reuse for a different purpose, make sure you state their new purpose?

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts In the following places, predict the following: How would the environment be affected? How would people’s lives change? What would the economic impact be? Maldives Antarctica

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development For one picture describe what it may have been like before, identify causes and predict what the picture could lead to.

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss Why should we protect the soil? What might happen if the soil becomes contaminated or infertile? Predict what might happen to the soil if farming becomes mechanised and suggest reasons for a positive or negative impact on human society.

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels Make a list of films or songs that promote either peace or a sense or moral/ethical justice. E.g.: – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – Blood Diamond – Kite Runner What message does each film give?

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development What skills must an individual have in order to be a successful partner within an organisation? List factors that might limit the success of partnerships. How can limitations for great global partnerships be overcome?