Resources

• Growing Poems

  Growing Poems encourages students to reflect on their gardening experiences through reading and writing different styles of poetry.  The project offers excellent background information, several supplementary resources and an interactive,...

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• Sustainable Happiness and Health Education Teacher's Guide-Middle Level

  Sustainable happiness is a concept that can be used by students to guide their actions and decisions on a daily basis. The concept merges principles from sustainability and happiness studies, encouraging students to reflect on their choices and opportunities...

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• Butterfly Life Cycle

  This resource consists of a series of lessons designed to teach students about the life cycle of a butterfly as well as the range of current threats facing this creature.  Students will: create a butterfly craft. match colors in nature...

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• The Secret Path Middle Years Lesson Plans

  This lesson plan was created to help engage teachers in reconciliation and was created to support the use of Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire’s book and CD the Secret Path, which talks about the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who died...

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• Animal Tracks: Keeping Track of Who Has Been Here!

  In this entertaining resource students explore animal tracks while learning about how different animals move.  The activity-based lessons guide children through a scientific investigation of different types of tracks and has students compare movement...

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• Dangerous Decibels

  In comparison to other environmental issues noise pollution often receives little attention.  Yet, our world is becoming increasingly noisy and there is an important concern about the human and environmental damage from all of this loud sound. ...

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• Clean Water Challenge

  In this lesson, students will be designing their own water filtration system that will help them understand how pollution moves through the soil and how it may be naturally filtered in our water. They will be asked to test their filter by running dirty...

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• Bats are Brilliant

  The fascinating world of bats is explored in this engaging set of activities that teaches students about the remarkable features of these flying mammals that are uniquely adapted to their environment. The interactive hands-on activities investigate how...

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• Pandemic Panic

  In this lesson, students explore influenza A (H1N1) by considering the virus and the resulting pandemic through various activities and from multiple perspectives. In the first activity, students work in pairs using K/W/L charts. They are asked to record...

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• Rival for Survival

  This resource includes a downloadable board game that allows students to explore exotic species—how they can impact natural areas and how our actions affect their control and spread. Prior to playing the game, groups of students are provided with...

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• Cod Calamity

  In this lesson students explore the concept of sustainable development by examining the environmental, social and economic causes and consequences of the depletion of northern cod stocks and the subsequently imposed government moratorium.   Students...

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• Farming for the Future

  Prior to the main simulation activity that deals with small scale, family farming in African villages, students are asked to discuss personal experiences of farming and hunger and to define food security, subsistence farming and malnutrition. Through...

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• Eco Footprints

  This resource introduces the "eco footprint" concept by involving students in a series of activities designed to develop a sense of personal responsibility for energy use.  Environmental citizenship skills are also fostered through a student-led...

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• Learning and the Relationship with the Land

  First Nations elders are respected for their wisdom and understanding of the natural world.  This lesson plan recognizes that the cultural identity of Aboriginal people is based upon learning about traditions and customs from older generations. ...

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• Movers, Sleepers, and Tough Guys: Wildlife in Winter

  As Canadians we know winter is tough, but imagine what our native wildlife must go through!  This lesson uses appealing activities to develop an understanding of winter survival mechanisms in animals.  An active outdoor component also engages...

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• Preserving Critical Species: Inquiry to Action

  This activity guides students through a process that uses the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework inquiry arc. Students identify and research compelling and supporting questions, leading them to develop explanations and arguments and ultimately...

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• Amphibial Pursuits FrogWatch Teachers’ Guide

  Amphibial Pursuits is the teachers’ guide to Frogwatch a program through which students learn to identify frogs by sound and contribute valuable scientific information to a national amphibian monitoring program.  This guide is a multi-disciplinary...

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• Ocean Trash Talk

  Ocean Trash Talk is a one-class introduction for primary students on the topic of litter in our oceans. During the activities, the students are encouraged to identify ways in which plastics are harming our oceans and to brainstorm and complete specific...

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• OzonAction Education Pack

  The ESD resource aims at educating students about the protective role of the ozone layer and the causes and consequences of its depletion. Through a variety of practical, hands-on activities students learn concrete and simple solutions to help protect...

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• Ocean Trash Talk

  Ocean Trash Talk is a one-class introduction for students on the topic of litter in our oceans. During the activities, the students are encouraged to identify ways in which plastics are harming our oceans and to brainstorm and complete specific actions...

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