Resources

• Get Real on Climate

  The resource consists of three learning activities originally designed to help students prepare for a high school climate change competition held in conjunction with Copenhagen 2009.  Although the competition has passed, these activities provide...

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• Meet the Invaders

  This classroom resource is the second of a four-unit series designed to raise student awareness of the problems associated with non-native, invasive species.  The unit uses simulations, art, word games, a dramatic presentation, and science activities...

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• Black Bear Ecology-Interactions within Ecosystems

  Students take a close look at the ecology of the Black Bear to demonstrate the interactions that characterize ecosystems.  Four highly engaging lessons explore a number of key ecological concepts. In lesson one students particpate in a game of...

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• Rainforest Alliance-El Salvador

  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...

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• Making Waves! Protecting Ontario's Aquatic Habitats

  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...

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• Consumer Choices & the Natural World (Chapter 3)

  In this comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide, middle school students learn how their consumer choices affect the environment and how they can make a difference by buying differently. This 300-page toolkit, presented in a 3-ring binder, includes an Educator's...

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• Big Picture Project: A Beautiful Planet

  The Big Picture Project provides a unique perspective on the changing earth through the eyes of an astronaut and empowers students to take small actions in their everyday lives that will have major impact on the planet.  Students watch the trailer...

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• Chemistry With A Conscience

  This green chemistry resource places students in the role of 'materials scientists' tasked with creating an environmentally-friendly shampoo. Green Chemistry stresses the use of safe, energy efficient, non-toxic products and processes as a practical...

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• Traditional Knowledge

  First Nations people have always been intimately connected to the land and water that provides so much.  There is a deep understanding of the seasonal cycles of natural resources that is passed from generation to generation.  This traditional...

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• The Buffer Zone: Acid-Base Chemistry in the World's Oceans

  This resource features an experiential learning approach that examines the effects of global warming on marine environments. Students apply introductory acid-base theory (including conjugate acids/bases and buffers) in an experiment to simulate ocean...

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• Fertilizers and the Environment

  This resource examines the role of fertilizers in meeting the challenge of feeding a growing world population on a finite amount of arable land. Students will recognize that fertile soil is a limited resource and describe how fertilizers can increase...

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• 2015 World Population Lesson Plan

  This ESD resource  focuses on world population data as it relates to global social issues with special attention given to women’s empowerment. Students are asked to interpret statistics from around the world to develop an understanding of the...

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• What's in the News?

  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...

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• Sustainable Development. What is It?

  This resource will help students develop a firm understanding of sustainable development.  In Activity one, the students will analyze photos and identify the key issues portrayed that are related to sustainable development.  In Activity...

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• Race to Displace

  In this ESD board game students assume the characteristics of native or introduced plants to experience first-hand the influence of species interactions and changing environmental conditions on ecosystems. It also provides an excellent framework for exploring...

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• Ocean Acidification

  This resource features experiential learning opportunities that examine the effect of global warming on marine environments. Students conduct experiments to simulate ocean acidification resulting from excess carbon dioxide and then discuss the relationship...

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• Sustainable Economics Lesson Plan

  This resource focuses on the concept of responsible purchasing and sustainable consumption. By analyzing the production, consumption and disposal of everyday items, students make connections between product choices and social, economic and environmental...

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• What's Native and We're Being Invaded - Two Lessons for Young Learners

  What's Native and We're Being Invaded are two complimentary lessons that introduce students to the topic of invasive species through hands-on activities that focus on plants.  The learning by doing approach is particularly appealing and fosters an...

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• Getting to the Core

  This lesson gives students first-hand experience in analyzing the link between atmospheric temperature and carbon dioxide by looking at ice core data spanning hundreds of thousands of years. It will help them understand the earth's carbon cycle, its relationship...

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• Fishing for the Future

  Students experience the "Tragedy of the Commons" through this 'hands-on' illustration of the depletion of fishing resources. The actions of the students mimic the real life consequences of overfishing and the resulting impacts on the ecosystem. The...

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