Collection of lesson materials covered in the module Human Behavior and Sustainable Development
This document is intended to give you some ideas on how you can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to design a lesson or unit that integrates competencies in Education for Sustainable Development, concepts of human behavior and behavioral science, and topics of sustainable development.
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Students learn about the concept of evolutionary mismatch and apply it to various problems of sustainable development.
Mismatch? (lesson plan) Read More »
Students explore the concept of cultural evolution by comparing it to genetic evolution based on a number of concepts, and explore why cultural evolution is so important in our species.
Cultural evolution (lesson plan) Read More »
A reading text about the importance of cumulative culture in our everyday experience and in the evolution of our species
Reading text: Cumulative culture Read More »
In this lesson students explore the causes of our moral intuitions with the help of a sorting activity and reflection questions.
Causes of our moral intuitions Read More »
A reading text about the challenges of life in groups and how groups across biology have found ways to solve these challenges.
Life in groups and conflict resolution Read More »
A handout about the “Triune Brain” model highlighting different functions of different brain regions
Reading text – brain areas and their functions Read More »
This model simulates the biological evolution of ethnocentrism in a population made up of multiple ethnicities.
NetLogo: Evolution of ethnocentrism Read More »
A cooperation game that simulates the challenge of our stone age ancestors to acquire food in the African savanna
Stone Age Hunting Game Read More »
In this lesson students explore the concept of (human) behavior, its causes, and its relation to well-being and sustainable development.
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