This six-lesson program, developed with wellbeing experts and educators, builds students emotional literacy, resilience and agency. Each themed lesson includes videos, prompts, posters and educator scripts to spark discussion, support reflection and guide students in exploring emotions and positive futures.
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Video and discussion (15 minutes)
Show the students the lesson video and facilitate a guided discussion.
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Brainstorming ways to relax and recharge (30 minutes)
Support students to explore and articulate their emotional responses to climate change. Through guided discussion and reflection, students consider personal coping strategies and supportive actions that can help them manage these emotions individually and collectively.
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Somatic practices (20 minutes)
Guide somatic practices that support self-regulation and co-regulation. These practices are introduced as tools students can use during and beyond the lesson.
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First Nations perspective and contemplation (20 minutes)
Guide an exploration of First Nations perspectives on caring for Country.
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Reflection (5 minutes)
Guide a reflective activity to consolidate learning and personal insights.
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Identify basic brain responses to stress and recognise when they are within, above, or below their window of tolerance.
Understand how stress affects the body and emotions and how self-regulation and co-regulation can help restore balance.
Reflect on their own stress responses and recall one or more somatic practices they can use to help themselves feel calmer and more supported.
A Climate of Change lesson plans
Explore the 90‑minute lesson plans designed to support learning and action:
How can staying aware, connected, and active help us respond to climate change while supporting our own and others’ wellbeing?
Big climate feelings? Help students face them.
How can we recognise and work with climate-related emotions in ways that support wellbeing and lead to positive action?
How can we stay grounded and engaged as climate impacts grow, while remaining hopeful and inspired as we work for meaningful change?
When the scale of climate change feels overwhelming, how can we find our place, focus our efforts, and take action that aligns with our values, strengths and capacity?
How can connecting with nature support our wellbeing, and how can we practise reciprocity with Country and all living beings, even when access to natural places is limited?