Engage students in coding and global awareness with this lesson on the UN SDGs. Students design an app, code voiceovers, and explore their role as digital citizens.
Create an interactive project that highlights your chosen SDGs.
Record and code voiceovers to explain your selections.
Share your project responsibly and reflect on your role as a digital citizen.
The student journey
This is a build — not a worksheet packet
Every lesson runs like the story students are about to make: read it, write it, build it, polish it, publish it. The printables scaffold each stage — the published Elementari project is the destination.
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Write & plan
~15 min
On a scaffold built for the lesson, students plan their writing with sentence frames, a word bank, and a glossary — never a blank page.
1Student Kit · sneak peek
Planning questions for this lesson are included in the storyboard.
Glossary a kid-friendly definition for every key term
In the studio, students bring the project to life — adding art and following the exact writing and coding steps shown below. The Studio Compass walks them through it, one step at a time.
🧭Studio CompassStep 1 / 7
Learn and Choose 🧠
Explore and select you top 3 SDGs. Resources: Introduction to the SDGs (YouTube) The Global Goals Website United Nations SDGs Overview Complete the writing organizer ( Edit the Goo
Each step checks off & advances on its own
All 7 studio steps · dynamic to the project
1Learn and Choose 🧠~10 min
2Create Title Page 🎨~8 min
3Add Buttons 📄~7 min
4Voiceover Button 1 🎙️~10 min
5Voiceover Button 2 🎤~10 min
6Voiceover Button 3 🎤~10 min
7Finalize and Share 🌟~5 min
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Polish
ongoing
Teacher and peer feedback pin right onto the project — students revise until it's ready to share.
Feedback on the project2 pins
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Add one more sentence here so readers get the full picture.
👍 2Teacher
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The interaction is clear — it helps the reader follow the project!
Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
Also addressedISTE 6d · ISTE 6c · ISTE 5a · ISTE 4a · ISTE 4d · ISTE 4c · ISTE 4b
AASL
AASL Standards Framework for Learners
3 standards
AASL I.A.2
Recalling prior and background
knowledge as context for new
meaning
Also addressedAASL I.B.3 · AASL I.C.4
Full task-by-task mapping — including Depth of Knowledge — is in the answer key.
Differentiation & accessibility
Built to reach every learner
One lesson, three built-in paths — with accessibility baked into the materials, not bolted on afterward.
Extra support
Emerging readers & writers
Read-aloud and multilingual support in the Elementari build
Studio Compass highlights one task at a time — including the coding
Sentence frames and a word bank so it is never a blank page
On grade
The core lesson
The passage and storyboard exactly as written
Model answers and “look-fors” in the answer key
Self-check chips at every milestone
Ready for more
Extension & challenge
Challenge vocabulary and a real-world extension question
Deepen one existing page or interaction — without changing the required mechanics
A longer, evidence-based reflection prompt
Accessibility, built inPredictable step-by-step structureOne task at a time · Studio CompassHighlighted response areasLow-stimulation printMovement-friendly pacingDesigned so every student can design, write, and code — with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind.
Questions
Teacher FAQ
Do I need to know how to code?
No coding experience needed. Studio Compass guides students through Guided Steps — each names the exact block and checks itself off — while you facilitate.
What devices does it work on?
Any modern browser — laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets. Nothing to install.
Do my students need an account?
No student email addresses required. You roster your class in a couple of clicks, and students join with a simple class code.
Is it standards-aligned?
Yes — each lesson shows national frameworks and supported state codes from your Standards setting, with specific standards and DOK levels called out in the answer key.
Can students work at different levels?
Built-in read-aloud, sentence frames, and task-level word suggestions meet students where they are, and the self-checking steps let each student work at their own pace.
How do students share their work?
They submit to you for review; you publish the best to your class showcase, each with a public link.
Ready when you are
Bring this lesson to your class
Import your class, assign in one click, and watch them build — the whole kit comes with it.
