• Build a Bat House

  Bats are amazing mammals that provide tremendous ecosystem benefits as pollinators and excel at insect control. However, bat populations are experiencing precipitous declines, and in many parts of Canada, certain populations are now endangered. This activity...

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• Measuring Microclimates

  In Measuring Microclimates, students will explore how different areas of the school grounds are affected by weather and climate. To prepare students, discuss which areas of the school grounds might be prone to the influence of temperature and wind....

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• Carbon - The Short and the Long

  This fun outdoor game introduces students to the importance of Carbon as a building block of all life and the fundamental role of the carbon cycle in sustaining a healthy planet. As the class moves carbon particles between air, plants, animals and soil...

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• Global Goals String Activity

  This easy to implement activity provides an effective demonstration of the interconnectedness that characterizes the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.  Students representing individual ‘goals’ arrange themselves randomly in a...

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• Signs of Fall

  Students participate in a guided walk through the schoolyard, their neighbourhood or any area where there are trees and signs of fall are evident.  Prior to the outing, students learn about some of the differences between evergreen and deciduous...

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• Animal Seed Dispersal Game

  In this outdoor activity, students learn how some trees use animals to disperse their seeds and how plant biology has evolved to rely upon squirrels collecting acorns and burying them in the ground. The game gets students thinking about how large seed...

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• Nature Companion

  Nature Companion is a free app and website that provides students with interesting and easy-to-understand information about plants, trees, birds, animals, insects, reptiles, and amphibians found in Canada’s four western provinces. Each short description...

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• Migration Challenge

  In Migration Challenge, students role-play migrating birds during three outdoor games. Students will model a flock of migrating birds, identify and communicate the advantages and disadvantages of travelling in groups and cities, and discuss solutions...

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• Just a Dream

  Just a Dream is about a young boy named Walter, who discovers that his wasteful ways will affect his future. The book introduces readers to a careless boy who tosses rubbish on the grass, thinks recycling is a waste of time and mocks his neighbour, Rose,...

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• Ten Outdoor Activities for Teenagers

  This resource describes ten outdoor learning experiences designed to encourage respect for the natural world and involve students in stewardship efforts within their community.  The activities range from easy to implement, one-class lessons to complex...

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• Waste Not, Want Not

  Waste Not, Want not is the fourth resource from 10,000 Changes that provides an opportunity for educators to explore key themes and concepts connected with plastic use and how to eliminate plastic in our daily lives.  In this three part lesson, students...

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• Global Schools Program Grade 9

  Students will examine topics related to women's rights and gender equality through literature. Using these literary portrayals of women, students will explore gender inequality as it exists at the local, national, and global levels. Finally, students...

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• Global Schools Program Grade 10

  Over the course of these lessons, students will identify their own values, explore how they express those values through their actions, and go out into their communities to see how they can contribute to solving real-world problems. Lesson 1- My Self Lesson...

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• Global Schools Program Grade 11

  Students will focus on different aspects of gender: stereotypes, the role gender plays in everyday life, and its impact on larger global dynamics.  Students will learn about the concept of positive deviance, and learn how they can promote change...

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• Winter Storms

  Major snowfalls are generally associated with winter storm systems that move across the country. The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate the relationship between the areas of heavy snowfall and the movement of the winter cyclone air masses. Students...

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• Make Space for Nature

  Make Space for Nature is one of many lessons from The World's Largest Lesson. This resource includes a four part introductory lesson plan that looks at how the planet's biodiversity impacts the achievement of the Global Goals. In this lesson, students...

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• Global Schools Program Grade 12

  The lessons focus on how students can apply the knowledge they have gained over the past twelve years. They explore opportunities for affecting positive changes in their future careers, service, and everyday lives and hopefully become inspired to continue...

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• Our Changing Climate for Grades 6 to 12

  Six interdisciplinary lessons offer a thorough description of climate change basics.  Attention is paid to foundational concepts, including atmosphere composition, heat-trapping gases, the greenhouse effect and global warming.  Activities examine...

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• Earth: It's Everybody's Home

  In this climate education activity, students use Google Earth tools to explore our natural world and learn more about youth climate activists and the work they are doing to stand up for our planet.  Students will: explore what it means to be an...

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• Stories of Climate Change

  This resource focuses on climate justice, climate resilience and climate adaptation. Through activities and case studies, students reflect on how climate change has affected the lives of some of the world’s poorest people.  Lessons include: Where...

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