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Carbon is essential to life on Earth but humans have disrupted the natural process of carbon release and storage, resulting in warming temperatures that are harming our environment. This film follows scientists in Pacific Rim National Park who are exploring nature-based solutions to climate change by working with Indigenous caretakers to research the carbon pool of marine ecosystems. Protecting habitats like kelp forests and salt marshes which have a remarkable ability to capture and store carbon dioxide also benefits the biodiversity of our oceans. This video helps students understand that by connecting science with the traditions of First Nations we can understand and conserve the ecological connections between land, water, air and living things that will help sustain Earth in the future.
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This resource supports Grade 6-9 Science units investigating ecosystem dynamics and marine environments. The film highlights some of the research methods used to study soils, plant ecology and the interdependence between healthy oceans and their climate regulating abilities. Students also become more aware of the value of traditional ecological knowledge in understanding how natural systems hve changed in response to a warming climate.
This video could become the basis of an action project where a class analyzes the carbon footprint of the school and identifies strategies to reduce emissions. Actions like reducing waste, lowering energy consumption and encouraging a “no idle” policy could be discussed with school officials and local citizens. Students could then develop a comprehensive plan that involves peers, teachers and the community in helping their school become more environmentally friendly.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Alberta
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- Grade 6
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- Science
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- Earth Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions.
- Living Systems: Understandings of the living world, Earth, and space are deepened through investigating natural systems and their interactions
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- Science
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- Interactions and Ecosystems
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- Freshwater and Saltwater Systems
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- Grade 7
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- Science 7: Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
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- Science
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- Science 9: The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them.
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- Grade 7
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- Interactions and Ecosystems
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- Freshwater and Saltwater Systems
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- Science 9: The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them.
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- Grade 7
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- Indigenous Languages and Cultures
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- Relationship to the Environment
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- Interactions and Ecosystems
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- Science
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- Freshwater and Saltwater Systems
- Interactions in Our Environment
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- Relationship to the Environment
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- Life Systems: Interactions in the Environment
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- :Biology: Sustainable Ecosystems
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- Grade 6
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- Living Things
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- Science 7: Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
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- Science 9: The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them.
Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
Ecosystems (1)
- Interdependence
Indigenous Knowledge (1)
- TEK -- Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Water (1)
- Marine Environments
