Resources

• Wind Energy Lesson Plan

  This resource consists of a two-part lesson: a student backgrounder that introduces learners to a possible sustainable energy solution and in-depth instructions for building a Savonius Wind Turbine. All the information for students, including facts and...

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• Wetland Metaphors

  This hands-on activity is designed to help young students understand the importance of wetland ecosystems.  Specific wetland functions are represented by a collection of common household items.  For example a sponge is used to illustrate the...

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• Flutter By: Designing a Butterfly Habitat

  This learning activity provides students with the opportunity to explore the life cycle of a monarch butterfly by viewing online photo galleries and a shared class reading of an informational text about the monarchs.  They will create their own visual...

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• Citizen Science

  Volunteer citizens are becoming more important to environmental research by helping to collect data for climate change, biodiversity and habitat studies. This resource introduces students to citizen science concepts through a detailed investigation of...

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• Fish and Kids

  This resource is designed to teach students how to make informed decisions when selecting their favourite seafood.  The lessons take a balanced approach to the topic of sustainable harvest by examining vital ecosystem links, by-catch issues and how...

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• Dead Zones for Dinner

  This resource brings awareness to the increasing number of “dead zones’ in marine areas that are occurring as a result of agricultural practices related to current food production. These “dead zones’ are unable to support life...

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• Canada's Forests: All Things Big and Small

  This resource examines the biodiversity and the complexity of the various life forms that make up Canadian forests. The emphasis is on helping students appreciate the relationships and interdependence of all species in this ecosystem.  Students learn...

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• Fill the Bill

  Birds are remarkable in their variety and adaptations.  This lesson introduces students to the types of beaks that enable different bird species to feed on particular foods.  As they use household objects to mimic feeding activity, students...

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• Is it Sustainable?

  This lesson introduces students to the concept of sustainable development and provides them with an opportunity to explore its principles.  The three components of sustainability:  economy, environment, and society are explained to...

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• Food Day Curriculum

  This resource teaches students the importance of eating real, fresh food, cutting back on processed foods, and advocating for healthier communities. It links a reliance on processed food with increased carbon footprints and emphasizes that the students...

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• Our Environmental Footprint - Transportation Situation

  “Transportation Situation” is one of a series of lessons that uses active learning to teach young children concepts associated with understanding their ecological footprint.  Students explore how people move around their community and...

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• All You Need For A Sustainability Assembly

  This resource contains the script and descriptions for four 30- minute assemblies relating to food, waste and climate change. Encouraging audience participation and volunteer helpers, the assemblies use powerful metaphors to raise awareness of how everyday...

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• The Greens: Activity Guide

  This web-based resource consists of a series of six core activities designed to educate students about the need for waste minimization and management.  A clear message is the importance of reducing our individual footprints on the environment. Students...

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• The Oceans-Global Garbage

  This resource focuses on how the oceans are polluted.  Through selected readings and discussion, students identify types of pollution, determine the effects these pollutants have on the ocean and brainstorm alternative approaches that will reduce...

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• Invasive Species: A Water Ecology Lesson

  Invasive species cause tremendous environmental damage by altering ecosystem balance, impacting water quality and reducing biodiversity. The key to mitigating the impacts of these aliens is prevention.  This resource explores how invasive species...

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• Water for Us

  This resource is designed to help young children become aware of the scarcity of clean water, learn where fresh water comes from, and recognize the need to protect it.  There are three lessons and each one is based on a different narrative. In...

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• Mitigation or Adaptation

  This lesson examines the difference between mitigation and adaptation in addressing climate change. Beginning with a discussion of the different risks due to our changing climate students come up with their own ideas for effective action that they will...

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• Effects of Environmental Change

  This lesson is designed to engage students in thinking about the concepts of biological adaptation and resiliency in relation to environmental change.  The learning unit centres on the book "The Great Kapok Tree" which provides an introduction to...

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• Walking with the Earth- Pimohtiwin

  This resource uses a nature walk to explore cultural perspectives on sustainability and to examine biodiversity within local ecosystems. First Nations beliefs and ideologies, about the interconnectedness of all things on planet earth are used as a springboard...

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• Solve a Pollution Mystery

  Groundwater contamination can have devastating consequences on environmental and human health. Non-point source pollutants are difficult to track but point source pollution can often be readily traced to the cause. In this lesson, students become environmental...

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