Week 4: February 16-22
Welcome to Week 4 of the #GoalsProject!
Classroom objectives for this week:
- Reflect on Week 1-3 learning and experiences
- Take the LEGO Build the Change Challenge!
- Hear from our #GoalsProject Student Ambassadors
- Create pathways for action
Objective 1: Reflect on Week 1-3 learning and experiences
- Review all the 17 SDGs and remind students of your own class Global Goal.
- Check in on your WhatsApp group: Select your 2026 Group
Objective 2: Take the LEGO Build the Change SDG Challenge
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We are thrilled to share the 2026 LEGO Build the Change Global Goals Challenge for classrooms!
Inviting your students to use any available resources:
Take the "Find your Goal" Challenge (about 1 hour lesson) to embed Learning through Play into your Goals Project experience. Submit photos of your students' designs for a chance to be featured by LEGO Group on their website. |
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Objective 3: Hear from our #GoalsProject Student Ambassadors
Objective 4: Create pathways: Students as Goalkeepers
This week, our work is all about finding lines of connection. Activities this week are designed to help students see how their work and actions connect to the planet and its people. Here are several ways to help students make these connections:
Idea #1: Meet with a Goals Project classroom through virtual exchange
Engage in a shared online experience with another Goals Project classroom from your group. Find a time to meet synchronously, share about your class project and learn about the other class’ project. Request feedback to ensure your project is designed for a global audience. How does their perspective differ from yours? How might your project be expanded or narrowed to support others to take action? Be sure to send a follow-up message of appreciation thanking your new friends for meeting after your virtual exchange has concluded.
Need guidance in creating a connection? Be sure to send your group facilitator a message requesting support: Select your 2026 Group
Idea #2: Create a class list: 5 ways to take action for the planet in 2026
Create a list of ideas on how your students suggest people should take solutionary action to protect our planet this year.
This week, our work is all about finding lines of connection. Activities this week are designed to help students see how their work and actions connect to the planet and its people. Here are several ways to help students make these connections:
Idea #1: Meet with a Goals Project classroom through virtual exchange
Engage in a shared online experience with another Goals Project classroom from your group. Find a time to meet synchronously, share about your class project and learn about the other class’ project. Request feedback to ensure your project is designed for a global audience. How does their perspective differ from yours? How might your project be expanded or narrowed to support others to take action? Be sure to send a follow-up message of appreciation thanking your new friends for meeting after your virtual exchange has concluded.
Need guidance in creating a connection? Be sure to send your group facilitator a message requesting support: Select your 2026 Group
Idea #2: Create a class list: 5 ways to take action for the planet in 2026
Create a list of ideas on how your students suggest people should take solutionary action to protect our planet this year.
- Consider the idea of "solutionary action."
- Consider the possibilities of caring for the planet in 2026 and beyond.
- Create a list titled “5 Ways to Take Action for the Planet in 2026” connecting your project and Global Goal to solutionary actions for the planet.
- Publish and share your list with others.
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Idea #3: Diagram the connections of your project and Global Goal to protecting an aspect of the planet (can be a local environmental issue, a species of animals or plants your class cares about, a climate issue, or anything that your students can dream up).
Create a graphic idea organizer with your students (radial diagrams as shown here may work well). Add your SDG and project title to the center. Add in ways your project connects to the environment. Classrooms with older students may want to add in other lines of connection for more direct connections and other layers for indirect connections. Be sure to share an image of your idea map on social media using the hashtag #GoalsProject. Coming up next:
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