Work through two model globalized lessons from a student's perspective and then study Kerkhoff's Global Teaching Model (GTM) as a framework for describing globally competent teaching. They analyze how the model's four dimensions appear — or are absent — in real activity sheets, and examine what makes a contextualized lesson effective.

Using backward design, this module has learners start from their own STEM learning objectives and identify a UN SDG that genuinely resonates with the content. They explore the PhET Activities database for adaptable lessons and weigh the responsible, strategic use of generative AI in lesson design.

Build your own student-facing activity sheet section by section — warm-up, open play, activity/lab, synthesis, and extension — using the 5E + Equity framework to decide where global context fits best. Practice weaving in the more challenging critical and intercultural dimensions, then draft their lesson and exchange peer feedback.

Learners teach their globalized PhET lesson in their own classroom and gather evidence of how it went. They then reflect on what worked and what they would change, assemble their course portfolio, and optionally contribute their activity to the PhET database.