
The way we save the Earth; the eco-friendly actions for young students
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What is this project about?
- Age group
- 6-8
- Project Duration
- 4 weeks
Learning Outcomes
Skills to develop
Project Activities
Project Launch: Saving Our Earth Together
Teacher introduces the Cultural Exchange project focused on environmental care. Present the project goals, explain how students will connect with a partner class to discover how different communities protect the Earth, and outline the exciting collaboration journey ahead. Show a short, engaging video about environmental care around the world to spark curiosity.
Create Our Earth Care Story: Local Presentation
Students work in small teams to create a simple, creative presentation of their environmental observations and local actions. Options include a short video (1-2 minutes), a digital slide show, a poster with photos and drawings, or a simple podcast where they describe what they learned. Each team presents to the class first, then all materials are prepared to share with the partner class.
Exchange and Compare: What We Discovered Together
Partner classes share their environmental stories and observations asynchronously through the Project Board or a collaborative document. Students view the partner class's materials and respond with comments, questions, and observations. Create a shared comparison chart or mural where both classes document similarities and differences in how they see environmental problems and solutions. Facilitate a guided forum discussion with questions like: What surprised you? What do we have in common? What can we learn from each other?
Our Earth Care Journey: Celebrating What We Learned
Students create a collaborative digital or physical mural where each child contributes a drawing, photo, or written reflection about what they discovered about Earth care and their international classmates. The mural combines local and global perspectives, showing similarities in how different communities protect the planet. Students share what surprised them, what they learned about themselves, and one action they will take to help Earth.
Project Timeline
Launch the Project: Saving Our Earth Together
Teacher presents Activity 1 by showing students an engaging short picture book about environmental care around the world, asking them to notice different ways people protect the Earth in their communities.
Connect with Our Partner Classroom
Each student records or writes a personal message: 'Hello friends! My name is... and I care about Earth because...' and posts their introduction on the project board for the partner class to view.
Explore Our Driving Question: How Do We Save the Earth?
Teacher presents the central driving question: 'How do we save the Earth, even with small steps?' and asks students to think about what this question means to them.
Create Our Earth Care Story: Local Presentation
Teacher organizes students into small teams (3-4 students per team) and assigns each team one environmental focus area: water, air, litter, plants, or animals in their community.
Exchange and Compare: What We Discovered Together
Students view the partner class's environmental stories and observations asynchronously through the project board, watching their videos, slide shows, or reading their descriptions.
Reflect on Our Intercultural Learning Journey
Teacher facilitates a whole-group reflection circle where students share: 'What was the most surprising thing you learned about the other class? How did meeting them change how you think about Earth?'
What participants say
Christin Kim
Jhansi Ravikumar