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Climate Change in the Garden
What could be better than picking a fresh tomato from your patio plant or harvesting green beans from your backyard garden for supper? Gardens provide fresh food and create attractive outdoor spaces, but they also help mitigate the effects of climate...
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Reducing Food Waste
As you throw away an overripe banana or last week's spoiled leftovers, do you ever think about the environmental and socioeconomic consequences? This short video, hosted by teens, explains how food waste contributes to methane emissions, raises food prices,...
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Reforestation: Impact on Climate
The carbon cycle sustains life on Earth, and forests play a vital role in this process by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and functioning as long term carbon “sinks”. This ecological service is increasingly important as our planet...
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Urban Trees
Anyone who has been in a city on a hot summer day has experienced the urban heat island effect, where asphalt and concrete absorb heat and make temperatures feel like an oven! But go into any city park or green space and you will find immediate relief...
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Gardens as Living Systems
Gardens come in all shapes and sizes, from a large family vegetable garden to a few pots of flowers and vegetables on an apartment balcony. Regardless of their size, gardens enhance our surroundings and provide fresh local food and the enjoyment of growing...
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Urban Heat and Cooling Your Community
Cities are increasingly affected by rising global temperatures that intensify the urban heat island effect, increase energy consumption, worsen air pollution, and threaten human well being. One effective climate adaptation strategy is to increase green...
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Evidence of Climate Change
In this inquiry-based activity, inspired by findings from the IPCC, students investigate the evidence for climate change using personal experiences, local observations, and scientific data. By examining sources such as community interviews, photographs,...
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Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing)
This resource introduces the Mi’kmaw guiding principle of Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing), featuring Elder Albert Marshall and scientist Shelley Denny. Together, they explain how combining Indigenous knowledge with Western science can lead to more...
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Plants, People and Climate Change
This collection of easy-to-use activities, animated videos, and student worksheets explores climate change science through the tangible lens of plants, soil, gardens, and natural habitats, while encouraging personal reflection and storytelling. The eight...
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My Climate Story
My Climate Story is an optional supplementary toolkit that can be used alongside the Plants, People & Climate Change resource or as a stand-alone resource. Through storytelling, reflection, and hands-on activities, it helps students connect their...
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How to be flood smart - Grades 9-12
This lesson plan introduces students to the causes and impacts of flooding in Canada while exploring why flood preparedness is important for individuals and communities. Students will use the Flood Smart Canada infographic to learn about the many ways...
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Our Planet!
Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth is a humorous, non-fiction picture book written from the perspective of the main character, Earth. Rich in student-friendly facts and beautiful illustrations, this book explores nature, the environment and the effect...
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Âmî Osâwâpikones (Dear Dandelion)
Âmî Osâwâpikones (Dear Dandelion) is a beautifully illustrated picture book that uses the life cycle of the dandelion to teach students about self-love, resilience, belonging, and the value of every living thing. Through poetic,...
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Mission: Explore to Restore
Mission: Explore to Restore is an eight-lesson inquiry-based learning unit that introduces students to wildlife, ecosystems, biodiversity, and conservation action. The unit is connected to the Living Planet Report Canada for Kids and is designed to help...
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Monarchs
Monarchs is a resource chock full of information and activities that highlight the life cycle, migration and the needs of this beautiful butterfly. Students will engage in a variety of activities that speak to different learning styles while learning...
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Climate Change Inquiry Lab
Climate Change Inquiry Lab is a hands-on resource that allows the students to investigate first-hand factors in climate change. As a precursor to the labs, there is a PowerPoint presentation to activate prior knowledge and engage the students. In...
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Canada in a Changing Climate
This resource encourages students to think critically about the impacts of climate change and explore meaningful adaptation actions. Students learn how climate change is affecting youth across Canada and examine the social and environmental impacts of...
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How to be flood smart
How to be flood smart focuses on the questions How can we prepare and respond to a flood? What are the key aspects about flooding that everyone should know? The lesson begins by activating prior knowledge of natural disasters in a class-wide discussion.Then...
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Floods in Canada Grades 9-12
This resource uses the FloodSmart Canada tiled map to help students investigate where and when floods have occurred across Canada since 1900. By assembling and interpreting the map, students will identify geographic patterns in flood occurrences and explore...
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