Wild Futures for Storytelling

This World Wildlife Conservation Day and beyond, bring the power of storytelling into your classroom with Wild Futures for Storytelling – a ready-to-use learning experience created by the NAT, the World’s Largest Lesson, and Open Planet.

In this 15-minute video lesson, students explore how their love for nature can inspire real-world action. They’ll go behind the scenes of Open Planet’s film Ocean with David Attenborough, discovering how storyboarding, narration, and creative storytelling shape powerful messages about protecting our planet and building hope for the future.

The lesson is accompanied by a lesson plan that guides you through an 20-minute classroom activity that students can do after watching the lesson. Pause the video anytime for discussion, dive deeper into the creative process, and help your students craft stories that can inspire change.

Watch the lesson and download the plan below – whenever it fits your schedule.

Lesson Plan, Videos

Ages 8-14 - (Upper Primary/lower secondary/middle school )

English

< 1 hour

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