Spot It, Share It, Solve It: Our Global Challenge Project

Students introduce themselves through a short video or written message and vote together on which global challenge to investigate. The teacher facilitates a live video call or asynchronous exchange to help both classes agree on the topic and get excited about working together.

Students explore their own school and community to spot signs of the chosen challenge. They conduct simple surveys, take photos, make observations, or interview classmates and family members to gather real evidence of how the issue affects their local area.

Each class presents their local findings to their partner class through photos, data, and observations. Students then work together to identify surprising similarities and differences between the two communities, building understanding of how the same global challenge shows up in different places.

Mixed teams (combining students from both classes) brainstorm realistic, practical solutions to the challenge. Teams use shared documents, recorded videos, or a live online meeting to exchange ideas, discuss trade-offs, and agree on 2–3 solutions they think could actually work in their communities.

Teams create campaign materials in English such as posters, infographics, short videos, or social-media posts that promote their solutions. Each class takes one small action at school (e.g., sharing the campaign, starting a pledge, or running a workshop), then reflects on what they learned and how working with their international partners changed their thinking.