A series of sequential lessons designed to help students and teachers understand the impacts of invasive species on habitats and ecosystems, and provide tools and strategies to help stop the spread of invasive species. Students will: create a song to...
Building a Vermicomposter is an action toolkit that engages teachers and students in community and school-based environmental action projects. This comprehensive resource provides teachers with a variety of hands-on learning activities which include...
How The Bat Came to Be is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the mystery and fascination of the animals, plants, and insects that inhabit the world of night. Through the use of Native...
Moth, The Fire Dancer is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the mystery and fascination of the animals, plants, and insects that inhabit the world of night. Through the use of Native North...
Oot-Kwah-Tah, the Seven Star Dancers is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the mystery and fascination of nocturnal animals, insects as well as the constellations of the night sky. Through...
Chipmunk and the Owl Sisters is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the fascination of stories and activities around the campfire. Through the use of Native North American stories,...
How Grizzly Bear Climbed the Mountain is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the fascination of stories and activities around the nocturnal environment. Through the use of Native...
Celebration is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Animals which provides an integrated approach to the concepts of wildlife ecology and environmental and stewardship issues concerning animals, habitat, and natural history. Through the use of...
Vision is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Animals which provides an integrated approach to the concepts of wildlife ecology and environmental and stewardship issues concerning animals, habitat, and natural history. Through the use of Native...
Feathers and Fur, Scales and Skin is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Animals which provides an integrated approach to the concepts of wildlife ecology and environmental and stewardship issues concerning animals, habitat, and natural history....
This resource is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Animals which provides an integrated approach to the concepts of wildlife ecology and environmental and stewardship issues concerning animals, habitat, and natural history. Through the...
In this unit students will learn more about banana production in Honduras, how bananas are used and consumed in their own community, and they will create their own banana certification standards. Students may participate in a field trip to a local grocery...
Students will engage in a self-directed survey to identify reasons for the popularity of bananas, map the journey each banana must take and then write a book for younger children about bananas. They will learn about the origin of the banana, how bananas...
This series of lesson plans explores the important role that coffee forests play in the annual migration of birds. Lesson One: Biodiversity. Students learn about the importance of Biodiversity and compare the variety of species in their...
Students are asked to analyze print media news using a model that depicts news events as 'the tip of the iceberg'. Underlying what we read about on the surface are current events patterns and, beneath that, social, political and economic...
Activities are designed to incorporate Indigenous legend into the investigation of energy for life. The chapter explores the nature of energy and its many forms including fire. Attention is also paid to the importance of conserving energy. Students...
Activities are designed to help students have meaningful experiences with special places in their surroundings, explore how Earth provides the things we need to live, as well as teach about conservation of tree and forests. Students will: visit a special...
The activities in this resource are designed to explore the three major kinds of rocks, their properties and the dynamics of geology. This chapter also focuses on soil- the components of soil, soil formation and the importance of soil for growing...
Students take part in a series of lessons and activities designed to show the importance of wind and weather. Students will explore Indigenous and conventional science perspectives regrading the causes and benefits of the wind and weather. ...
The activities in this resource are designed to teach students about the properties of water, as well as the importance of protecting our water supply. Students will: read and listen to Aboriginal legends depicting the importance of water to human...