• Climate Change in Photos

  Students analyze and discuss photos to learn about the impact of climate change.  Beginning with an activity that explores the students' own understanding and views on climate change, the lesson then focuses attention on the resilience of the people...

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• Understanding Dynamic Systems

  This self-paced interactive lesson guides students through the process of identifying and analyzing a system. Students cover systems thinking basics and then examine the dynamics of soil health through videos and online exercises that make the system...

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• Making Connections

  Making Connections is a compilation of activities that focuses on introducing students to some of the knowledge and skills required for environmentally-responsible citizenship. While each curriculum based activity can stand alone, the resource is designed...

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• Under One Sky

  This resource effectively illustrates the ways in which animals are important to the health and future of the planet. Four lessons demonstrate how human activities, including those related to climate change can result in habitat fragmentation and threaten...

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• Climate Challenge for 11 to 14 year olds

  Students explore the human impact of climate change, how communities around the world are being affected and how some people are responding to these challenges. Throughout this inquiry there are opportunities for students to share what they have learned...

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• Malala A Brave Girl From Pakistan

  When a young girl triumphed over a brutal attack by the Taliban, her courage resonated around the globe.  This book brings the stories of Malala Yousafzai and Iqbal Masih to young readers through simple text and illustrations that eloquently portray...

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• Trapper Boy

  Set in a 1920s coal-mining town, Trapper Boy is the story of thirteen year-old JW Donaldson, a good student with big plans for college and adventure. As the school–year ended in 1926, JW was looking forward to a typical summer of fun with his...

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• The Curious Garden

  In this whimsical tale a young boy transforms a dreary city from a lifeless concrete landscape to a bountiful green space by nurturing nature.  Liam's passion for gardening soon galvanizes other residents into helping him realize his dream of a city...

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• I am Malala

  In this fascinating memoir, Malala Yousafzait describes her journey from a young girl who wanted an education to an internationally recognized Nobel Peace Prize winner.  The simple, happy times at her parent's school in the Swat Valley of Pakistan...

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• Keep Wild Animals Wild (K-2)

  This set of eight lessons provides an opportunity for students to explore wild animals and the types of adaptations that make wildlife successful in their own environment.  The differences between domesticated and non-domesticated animals are evaluated,...

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• Shaping up Summer

  In this fourth book of the "Math in Nature" collection,  geometric concepts are explored through captivating pictures and poetic text that typify this series for young readers.  The interactive experience asks students to answer math questions...

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• Never Cry Wolf

  This biographical novel by one of Canada's most acclaimed authors describes how a scientific assignment to study wolves in the Northwest Territories transformed a nieve, young biologist into a fierce and passionate advocate for wildlife.  When Farley...

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• Needs vs Wants

  In developed nations like Canada we live in a world of abundance where the desire for the latest products often outweighs the social and environmental costs of our purchases.  This lesson develops the financial decision-making skills of young students...

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• Pumpkins Against Poverty

  This unique STEM learning unit teaches students that ingenuity and resourcefulness can transform communities living in poverty.  The pumpkins familiar to all of us as fall decorations become the catalyst for change in an area of Bangladesh where...

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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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• Could We Rid The World of Mosquitoes?

  Using the current concern over the spread of the Zika virus as a starting point, this informative video provides a balanced discussion of the promise and pitfalls of biotechnology in controlling insect-borne diseases. In addition to Zika, the program...

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• Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century

  Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century is a documentary film aimed at providing a general introduction about the virtues and benefits of moving away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. The strength of the video is the peer teaching...

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• Natural Figures

  The natural world contains an infinite variety of shapes and patterns of which students are often unaware. In this outdoor activity, students look for geometric shapes in nature to help them discover the diversity of the natural environment. Students...

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• Leaf Magic

  In this fall activity, children adopt a tree and observe it throughout September and October. The goal is to deepen students' awareness of individual trees and encourage a greater understanding and appreciation of their local environment.  Students...

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• The Least Deadliest Catch

  Fish stocks around the world are being depleted at an alarming rate, and yet growing populations are more dependent on these vital food sources than ever. The Water Brothers venture to the East Coast of the US and Canada to witness first-hand how overfishing...

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