Resources

• Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged

  This beautifully illustrated book introduces students to Viola Desmond, an African Canadian businesswoman who challenged racial segregation in Nova Scotia.  Viola was arrested when she refused to move out of the whites-only section of the Roseland...

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• Empty

  A worldwide energy crisis has brought fuel shortages and blackouts to the community of Sage Valley where Gwen and her friends struggle to survive.  After making a life changing discovery Gwen is faced with the difficult decision of keeping her secret...

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• Just Turn it Off!

  This fun music video starring Rae Rae the Red Panda will involve students in thinking about how they can help conserve precious water resources.  The straightforward content combined with a catchy, upbeat tune is very effective in conveying an important...

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• Going Green with D-rop: Water Conservation

  One of a series of short videos featuring D-rop an environmentally conscious water drop character, this episode focuses on water conservation.  D-rop leads students through some easy water saving tips that all centre around personal hygiene activities...

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• Going Green with D-rop: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  D-rop, the imaginary water droplet is very concerned about greenhouse gas emissions and the need to save precious natural resources.  In this short video she encourages students to reduce, reuse and recycle and offers lots of easy tips that not only...

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• Going Green with D-rop: Energy

  D-rop, an imaginary water droplet who cares about the environment, provides an engaging lesson about energy types and the importance of conservation.  In an era in which we often take electricity for granted this video shows students the benefits...

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• The Journey of Sustainabilty

  Beginning with the question –Can business profit through sustainability?- the video traces the journey from the Industrial Revolution to the present to find the answer. Highlights of the journey include references to the pressures on business exerted...

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• A Reassuring Fable

  The video suggests that our inclination to embrace reassuring myths about our place and role in the biosphere has been destructive of both ourselves and the planet. It further argues that we must accept hard truths rather than reassuring faith; that knowledge...

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• Fresh Water Scarcity

  Introduces a number of issues related to water availability and consumption – relative abundance and scarcity of fresh water; personal use versus global use; the common good versus profit.  The video is accompanied by a number of additional...

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• Protect Our Oceans

  Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean - and shocking statistics about its rapid decline. Earle believes that with knowing comes caring ...but first we have to know about "the blue heart of the planet" and the threats...

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• Inuit Observations on Climate Change

  This video documents the impact of climate change from an Inuit perspective. The residents of Sachs Harbour on Banks Island in Canada's High Arctic, have witnessed dramatic changes in their landscape and their way of life. Exotic insects, fish and...

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• Welcome to the Anthropocene

  Viewers are taken on a 3-minute journey through the last 250 years of our history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the Rio+20 Summit. The video charts the growth of humanity as a global force equivalent in their impact on major geological...

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• Introduction to Water

  This dramatic video, choreographed to powerful music, introduces the student to the wonder and miracle of water. It is designed as a "motivatonal trailer" and as a visual "introduction" to this amazing substance.

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• 7 Billion: Are You Typical?

  The video is part of National Geographic's series on world population occasioned by the arrival of the world's 7 billionth person on October 31, 2011. The series (available as a free app) explores the challenges - and potential solutions - for coping...

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• 7 Billion and Counting

  Global population trends result from varying levels of population growth and decline among countries. This video provides a simple and compelling overview of population trends that have created a world of 7 billion people.  In addressing the question,...

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• Sustainable Logging

  The video serves as an introduction to the concept of sustainable forestry, which it defines as striking a balance between the needs of the people and the health of our forests. It serves also to introduce the concept of third party certification as it...

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• Cloudwatchers

  Cloudwatchers is an easy to use resource that exposes young students to the different cloud formations and their meanings. The resource employs inquiry-based learning with questioning, exploration and self-discovery. Through a variety of activities, students...

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• Micro-Hiking

  Micro-hiking invites students to go on an outdoors 'mini hike' and explore a very small (one metre!) habitat through the eyes of a mini-person of their choice. The mini-person can be as simple as a stick figure made of toothpicks but should be no larger...

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• Billy and the Brown Out

  Young Billy adores his wasteful electronic gadgets and is utterly dismayed when the power goes out in the middle of his best video game.  As his mother explains the brown-out, Billy suddenly realizes that he can help save electricity.  Once...

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• AQUA: Conserve Water

  Aqua learns the meaning behind the word conservation as she teachers her family how to save water.  Even Aqua's pesky little brother soon realizes that saving water is good for the environment.  The whole family celebrates their smart choices...

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