Resources

• 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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• Canada's Forests: Learning from the Past, Building for the Future- Vol. 1

  Canada’s Forests - Learning from the Past, Building for the Future explores Canada’s rich forest heritage and the development of sustainable forest practices to ensure healthy ecosystems. The resource takes a look at the past, present and...

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• Get A Grip on Biodiversity

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

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• Whose Responsibility is It?

  This resource introduces students to environmental stewardship and tasks them to develop and implement a personal plan of action to address an environmental issue.  It touches on conservation, citizenship, human-made disasters, natural resources,...

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• Drive It Green

  Students examine how fuel efficient and environmentally-friendly car choices are important from a personal, societal and global perspective. They then use this information to design greener transportation options for their families. Activities in the...

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• The Learning Circle (Ages 8 to 11)

  Second in a series of four classroom guides, The Learning Circle is designed to offer teachers and students a series of projects and activities that will encourage students to learn more about First Nations people in Canada. The resource is organized...

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• Corals and Chemistry

  This hands-on activity help students to understand how increased carbon dioxide emissions, from the burning of fossil fuels, is changing the acidity (pH) of the ocean. This is affecting the availability of calcium carbonate and thus the health and sustainability...

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• Native Species: Nature's Choice

  This resource examines the impact of invasive species on habitats, biodiversity and the web of life. Five lessons offer hands-on, inquiry-based learning activities to raise student awareness of alien species and the need to restore native species....

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• Growing for a Sustainable Future: Ontario Agriculture and the New Bioeconomy

  This teaching resource was written to help students explore the ways in which modern agriculture is producing renewable alternatives to many current products and energy sources.  By completing these lessons, students will gain an understanding of...

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• The Children's Parliament

  The Children’s Parliament resource kit teaches democracy and citizenry skills to students while giving them an official forum to voice their own concerns and solutions to local and global issues. The aim of the project is to inform youth about political...

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• Nelson Mandela: Biography and Autobiography

  "Nelson Mandela" is the last of a series of lessons under the general subject of Global Citizenship and Literacy. These series' of lessons demonstrate how Global Citizenship can be incorporated into literacy. The lessons are structured so that students...

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• The Boreal Forest: A Global Legacy- Vol. 7

  This resource provides 8 lessons (primary to grade 12) on topics related to the Boreal Forest including the role of forests in sheltering and supporting wildlife species in Canada. The lessons follow the Pan-Canadian curriculum and...

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• Good-bye poverty, hello biodiversity

  This ESD resource is the third in a series of children's books that explores diversity. It explains the link between declining biodiversity and world poverty. Suitable for the science classroom, it focuses on the relationship between environmental stewardship...

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• The Mystery of the Missing Hummingbirds

  The Mystery of the Missing Hummingbirds models children asking questions about the natural world and conducting science investigations to explore the world around them. This classroom resource introduces environmental education  to students at a...

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• The Learning Circle (Ages 4 to 7)

  This primary resource is the first in a series of four classroom guides about First Nations people in Canada. The resource is organized in thematic units, each with its own teaching activities. The themes include: Storytelling, The Seasons, Sharing, Colours,...

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• Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Weather Perspectives

  This four lesson resource was designed to support the Science 10 weather unit.  Lessons examine cultural perspectives on weather and weather predictions with an emphasis on the aboriginal oral history of weather translating. Four activities are included...

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• What is it Like to Be an Immigrant Separated from Your Family?

  Students build empathy for refugees and immigrants by learning about the experience of some families separated at the southern border of the U.S. in 2018. Students then hear a poem and write their own imaginative poems to convey their learning. As suggested...

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• Feathers & Fur, Scales & Skin

  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....

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• Whooping Cranes

  This web-based resource is designed to engage students in a study of wildlife migration by tracking the flights of whooping cranes. Canadian students track, monitor, and study whooping crane sightings along with students in the United States. These flights...

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• EnerAction: Lesson Package 1

  This three-lesson package introduces students to energy and energy transformation and guides them in determining both an ecological footprint and the mass of greenhouse gases emitted in the illumination of their own classroom. The energy...

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