SDG #3: Good Health and Wellbeing
Learning Sequence
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What is SDG #3?
This week’s activity centers around SDG 2 – Zero Hunger, integrating real-world insights with skills essential for the future. Students will independently delve into the issue of hunger by watching a relevant video and then select a challenge connected to this SDG. They will carry out their chosen task autonomously, enhancing their problem-solving and leadership abilities.
This immersive experience not only deepens their understanding of worldwide hunger issues but also promotes self-reliance and accountability. After completing their task, students are encouraged to reflect and record their journey in a digital resume, creating a comprehensive portfolio of their efforts towards each SDG.
This exercise is designed to develop practical abilities and a globally conscious mindset, which are vital for tomorrow’s leaders.
This week, we shift our focus to SDG number 3 – Good Health and Well-being.
Health and well-being are fundamental to human progress, impacting individuals and communities worldwide. Challenges like access to healthcare, mental health issues, and lifestyle diseases are prevalent due to various factors, including environmental, social, and economic conditions.
As future leaders and changemakers, we present you with a unique opportunity this week. Please engage with the provided video to enhance your understanding of SDG #3. After watching, choose a task from our challenge card to address.
Your objective is to actively engage in this challenge, and upon completion, reflect on your experiences by adding a new entry to your digital resume. By the end of this course, your resume should display 17 pages, each representing a completed action related to one of the SDGs.
To make this journey more engaging, we’ve included a quiz for each learning module, offering you a chance to earn a weekly certificate.
Best of luck, and remember, individually we can contribute to healthier lives today, but together, we can build a healthier future for everyone.
Weekly Keywords
This activity involves providing students with a series of complex words and phrases associated with SDG #3 – Good Health and Well-being. The students are encouraged to define these terms in simpler language and discuss their meanings. This exercise not only enhances vocabulary related to health but also develops critical thinking skills as they interpret and articulate the significance of these terms, fostering a deeper understanding of health and well-being concepts.
Opposite you will find a list of keywords related to SDG #3 – Good Health and Well-being.
Your task is to read these words and define each one as simply as possible. This exercise will help you develop the skill of explaining complex health topics in understandable terms, a valuable ability for your future learning and discussions
Quote of the week - Jin Rohn
In this week’s session, students engage with a quote from a renowned thought leader. They’ll creatively express their interpretation through art or a printed display.
The activity emphasizes discussion and reflection, encouraging students to delve into the quote’s significance and its relevance to their lives and the wider world. This approach fosters critical thinking and open dialogue, allowing students to explore how inspirational words can influence their actions and perspectives, enhancing their understanding and empathy.
Each week, we will provide you with an inspirational quote from one of the world’s renowned thought leaders.
We encourage you to take note of the quote, print it out, or create your own drawing inspired by this quote.
Once you have finished, we invite you to reflect on and discuss the significance of this quote. Consider what it means to us and how we can impact the world using this quote as inspiration.
Research - Creating an Infographic
This activity involves students creating infographics on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically focusing on SDG #3. It encourages creativity and individuality, allowing students to research and incorporate their own facts and statistics. They have the freedom to design their infographics using diverse elements like images, charts, and color schemes, fostering artistic expression.
This task not only educates them about global issues but also hones their design skills, culminating in earning a certificate for each SDG Challenge.
Every week, your task is to craft a basic infographic about one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Start by looking at the provided example, then utilize the information in the template to create your infographic, specifically on SDG #3.
Feel free to gather additional facts and statistics for a more comprehensive infographic. You have complete creative freedom in your design, incorporating elements like images, bar charts, graphs, and numerical data. You’re also free to alter the color scheme.
Upon completing your infographic, it will serve as a key component in earning your certificate for each SDG Challenge.
SDG Challenge Card SDG 3
This activity involves students engaging with challenges related to SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being. They’re encouraged to apply skills like determination and persistence to real-world scenarios, fostering community engagement and practical learning about global health issues.
Take a look at the Upschool Challenge card for SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being, and see how many challenges you can complete in the next 7 days. Whether you decide to focus on just one challenge or attempt them all, approach each with confidence, determination, and persistence.
Developing these skills is key to achieving your goals and contributing positively to global health and well-being.
Spin the Wheel and Write a letter to a World Leader
Each week we are going to ask you to write to one of the world’s most powerful people. Click the wheel to spin, wait until it stops and then scroll down to find out how to contact your leader. (If you have already written to that person, please spin again.) Good Luck!
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Research Your Leader Before You Write to Them
Each week, students will choose a world leader from our list and write to them about the current SDG focus. They’re encouraged to creatively express how these leaders can contribute to solutions.
Letters can be sent via post or email, with details on the task card. The aim is to engage these leaders, sparking a response, or even a call or visit. This activity fosters choice, independence, and effective communication skills, aligning with Montessori principles.
Once the wheel has spun its magic, your mission is to compose a captivating letter. In your letter, reflect on this week’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and suggest ways you think the chosen leader could contribute to these goals.
If some of these leaders are new to you, that’s a great opportunity to do a bit of research before you start writing.
You can choose to send your letter via post or email. All the details you need for this are on the task card opposite.
Remember, your aim is to spark a conversation — maybe you’ll get a reply, or even better, a phone call or a personal visit! Check out the tips below on how to craft an effective letter.
Best of luck on your journey!
How To Write a Letter with Numbers and New Ideas
In this activity, students engage in writing letters to global leaders, focusing on individual Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Teachers facilitate the development of unique writing styles and letter-writing techniques.Thsi week adds the tactic of including statistics and numbers in oir writing.
They’ll first research to find relevant statistics, enhancing their understanding and providing concrete evidence for their arguments. The provided example letter serves as a guide for structure and content. This task emphasizes detailed writing skills and format, encouraging students to articulate their thoughts clearly and persuasively, using data to support their viewpoints.
This week, we’re going to focus on adding real statistics and solutions to our letters, and I’ll show you how with my example letter to Bill Gates.
Before you start writing, it’s really important to do some research and find good, solid numbers and facts. In my letter, I’ll be talking about how Bill Gates’ wealth could really make a difference in making education equal for everyone across the world, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4).
Putting in these specific statistics will make our letters stronger. It shows we’ve done our homework and really understand what we’re talking about. This is super important when we’re writing to someone as influential as Bill Gates – it makes our letters more convincing.
Don’t forget to read the example letter I’ve provided opposite this page. It follows all the guidelines we’ve talked about and will be a great model as you write your own letter. Use it to help craft a letter similar to mine.
So, as you get ready to write your own letters, remember: using accurate and well-researched statistics is a key part of making your letter stand out and really getting your point across.
Post Your Letter - The Power of the Pen
This activity engages students in hands-on learning by having them write letters to world leaders about important issues. It emphasizes determination, as students persistently send letters weekly until they receive a response, teaching resilience and the impact of their voice in global conversations.
The aim is to create impactful, attention-grabbing letters that resonate with influential recipients. Students are encouraged to blend creativity with formal writing skills, emphasizing persuasive language and personal expression. This practical exercise enhances their communication abilities and applies learning in a real-world scenario.
Once you have crafted your letter on the issues that you think are the most important, it is then time to send your letter out to the world and hope for a response.
Each week, we will send a letter to a different world leader in the hope that they will respond.
If they don’t, do not despair; keep going until you get a response and get your voice heard by those who can help you on your mission to make the world a better place.
Determination is key! Keep going.
My Digital Resume - Adding Experience #3
This task involves students creating a digital resume, documenting their achievements in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals. Each week, they reflect introspectively on their experiences, considering the impact and personal growth achieved. The task encourages concise documentation of these reflections, culminating in a 17-page resume.
It’s a practical exercise in self-awareness and articulating accomplishments, fostering students’ ability to recognize and communicate the value of their contributions to global goals.
Each week, we’re inviting you to build your very own digital resume. Think of a resume as a special record that showcases all your experiences, the impact they’ve had on the world, and how they’ve influenced you.
Have a look at my digital resume example opposite. I’ve recently updated it with my third experience on page 3.
This week, your task is to create a captivating cover page by adding all your important details. After you’ve tackled your SDG Challenge activity, we’d like you to add another page to your digital resume. By the end of this course, your resume will have 17 pages, each one a testament to your power and passion in making a difference in what you love.
Be sure to document each step and make your resume truly yours. Use our Canva template and feel free to customize it to reflect your style.
You can proudly claim that you have your very own resume, a reflection of your journey and achievements.
