How To Get the Most from Live It Earth
One of the great things about a Live It Earth program, is that there is no right or wrong way to integrate it into a learning environment. Our blended-learning programs and ready-made teaching resources are designed to be flexible, so they can be used in the classroom or at home.
Eight times a school year, Live It Earth produces an inquiry-based and interactive program that has cross-curricular activities and challenges for students in Grades K to 7.
Each program includes:
A Feature Show (20 to 35 minutes).
A live Q+A with experts in the topic of the program.
A comprehensive teacher resource package filled with challenges and activities for the classroom.
A typical program is experienced in a classroom over a three-week+ period. The schedule can look something like the calendar example below, and is customisable to suit you and your students learning page, style and needs.
First Week
Monday:
Teachers receive an email notification that the program teacher resources are ready.
Teachers can get familiar with the latest program, and pick and pull resources to explore with their class.
Tuesday through Friday:
Print out copies or add the Inquiry Guide to google classroom.
Watch the program trailer as a class (introduction to the topic).
Explore the slideshow with students. (This may be done as a class activity or per student depending on the age and technology available in the classroom.)
Choose from Creative, STEM and Story Challenges to build engagement.
Second Week
Monday:
Keep exploring—complete and share challenge(s).
Tuesday:
Share your students’ Creative Challenge photos to Twitter using the hashtag #liveitearth so that we can feature it in our Live It Earth Art Collection.
Wednesday:
Gather student questions and submit them into the Q&A for the next day (learn how).
Thursday:
Feature Show premieres at 10am PST in English & French (if you’re unable to watch the Feature Show during the launch time, you can always watch it another day)!
Students can ask their questions via the Q&A from 10am to 12pm PST. Learn how to submit questions for the live Q&A.
Friday:
Review Q&A responses from experts to deeper student learning.
Test your knowledge and skill with the program’s Game Challenge.
Explore our Call-to-Action and Live it 360 resources for project-based learning.
Third Week +
Monday through Friday:
Continue on with Challenges or Call-to-Action.
Learn even more with our Career Pathways, Deep Dives and Indigenous Perspectives resources.
Have students select a self-assessment option to document their learning.
Consider exploring a Feature Show or resources from our Relive It Library that can connect or build on the interests of the class.