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Your Hidden Water Footprint
In this activity students practice putting a design problem into perspective. The class first explores the often surprising amount of water used in producing everyday products like cola, leather boots, smartphones and chocolate bars. They then identify...
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Painting With Invasives
Invasive plants are harmful to our environment and community. But they may also be beautiful, colourful and an excellent source of pigments to create a diverse range of colours of nature paint. This resource invites students to explore the colourful world...
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Clara Clare: Discrimination and Racism
The purpose of this lesson is for students to learn the meaning of discrimination and (systemic) racism using a historical example in Canada involving Indigenous children and residential schools. The lesson focuses on the story of a girl named Clara,...
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Fashion and a Circular Economy
This video talks about the importance of a circular economy and how people should consider shopping 'second hand' in order to help our environment. As the saying goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure! At thredUp, the worlds...
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The Environmental Cost of Free Two-Day Shipping
Online shopping has become a way of life! This video talks about how online shopping can impact our environment. As you may know this is a quick and easy way to get things you need. However, when you place an order online you are offered many delivery...
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Climate Change in the Oceans
Just as there’s too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, there’s now too much in the oceans as well. What does that mean for the creatures who live there and for life on land? By watching this brief video, students will learn what could...
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Clara Clare: Loss of Language and Culture
Clara Clare: Loss of Language and Culture is a sensitive and age-appropriate lesson plan for the elementary classroom with a focus on identity and the impact of residential schools. The students will participate in various activities to learn...
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How Bad Could it Get?
If we don’t work to reduce the effects of Rapid Climate Change now, how bad could things get in the future? This video looks at the projections scientists are making about the future of the planet — if we don’t take action.
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How the World Can Tackle Climate Change
Rapid Climate change is a big problem. Luckily it’s one we can tackle but it will take the work of every nation on earth, especially the ones with lots of power plants, cars, factories, and other things that use large amounts of energy. This video...
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You Can Make a Difference!
Rapid Climate Change affects the whole planet. But you might be surprised to know that one person, meaning you, can make a big difference. This video will help students realize how simple it can be to make a small change in their everyday lives to help...
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Water is Life
The learning package Water is Life has been created as an extension of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada Giant Floor Map learning activities. The resource is divided into four lessons that can be used individually or as part of a unit....
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How Much Water Do You Eat?
The goal of this resource is to distinguish between the direct and indirect consumption of water and help students understand in the context of water conservation and stewardship, that some foods choices require more water than others to produce. The...
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The Boy Who Walked Backwards
After returning home for a Christmas break, Leo, a young Ojibway boy vows to never go back to the residential school that had isolated him from his family and culture. A simple childhood game of "ngiigazoo" inspires the idea that will help him get...
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From Far Away
Escaping from a war-torn country should be exciting for a young child living a life fraught with the danger of being shot or bombed. However, as Saoussan recounts the panic of plane travel, the anxiety of a language barrier and the fear of a foreign...
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Reef Rescue
In this lesson, students will watch a documentary called Reef Rescue that follows incredible scientists as they race to save corals from disappearing. The lesson also comes with a guide to accompany the viewing of the documentary. This guide splits the...
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The Heat Is On!
In The Heat Is On students research themes of climate change in Ontario and predict the impacts of climate change on a local forested environment. The objectives of this lesson are: To introduce the greenhouse effect and climate change. To...
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Tree Song
The poetic prose and colourful illustrations bring nature's music to life in this story about a young oak sapling that sprouts from an acorn and grows into a majestic tree. Seasonal melodies of wind, rain and snow are accompanied by the voices of animals...
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What Role Can Canada Play in Global Climate Action?
This resource is one of 14 activities in Green Learning’s Decoding Carbon - A Climate Policy Quest, which explores how policy is used to build a low-carbon future. The activities are grouped by topics. Teachers or students can do any resources...
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The Sprawling Dandora Landfill
The Dandora Landfill is a sprawling waste site covering an area of about 121,400 square metres in Nairobi, Kenya. Every day around 2,000 tonnes of garbage is sent to this site. It is estimated that more than one million people live in the area immediately...
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A Fine Balance
Students participate in a role-playing activity that simulates a public forum in which decisions regarding forest harvesting are debated. The lesson unfolds as follows: Students discuss the different ways in which forests are important to Canada. They...
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