Resources

• Labelling Literacy

  This document will provide teachers of grades 4-6 with activities that will help students understand information provided on food labels. The document is divided into three sections, each aimed at one of the three grades. Each section contains five or...

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• Humans and the Environment

  Students consider the ethics of human relationships with the environment. Specifically, they consider how practices such as the genetic modification of plants and animals involve a range of ethical positions towards non-human life. Students work in groups...

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• Treat it Right!® Wastewater

  In Treat It Right! Wastewater students are challenged to think about how to change their actions and those of their families to protect the environment by learning about what to flush and dump down the drain. Students learn how water is managed and treated...

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• Moth, the Fire Dancer

  Moth, The Fire Dancer is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the mystery and fascination of the animals, plants, and insects that inhabit the world of night. Through the use of Native North...

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• EnerAction: Lesson Package 2

  This package of four lessons focuses on energy use, creating and implementing energy action plans and promoting a commitment to energy conservation. Students are also asked to examine some of their personal positions on environmental issues related...

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• From Issue to Opportunity

  This is a good introductory resource to help students define global issues and understand their interconnections.Students develop criteria for determining what makes an issue global in scope, brainstorm and list global issues, group (i.e. rain forest...

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• Discoveries at Willow Creek

  Discoveries at Willow Creek is based on a storybook approach that focuses the attention of young readers on the natural changes that take place in and around a creek.  On a second visit to Willow Creek, the GLOBE Kids characters discover why the...

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• Discover the Technology Loop

  The purpose of this unit is to help students develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to analyze the entire life cycle of electronics (from design, sourcing their materials, manufacturing, distribution, use and end-of-use). It will challenge...

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• Canada's Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters- Vol. 6 (Gr.9-12)

  Canada’s Forest & Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters, Volume 6 is a K to 12 teaching kit that explores the role our forests play in sustaining freshwater resources.  The final five of the eight lessons in the kit are appropriate for use...

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• Penguins on Thin Ice

  Penguins on Thin Ice is an eclectic web site put together by the non-profit organization, Irthlingz Arts Based Environmental Education and offers a musical review about climate change. This musical revue consists of a compilation of songs and scripts...

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• Wetlands and the World Program

  The Wetlands and the World program features an activity guide consisting of a series of engaging lessons designed to increase student understanding and appreciation of wetlands and at the same time developing their English language literacy...

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• How the Bat Came to Be

  How The Bat Came to Be is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the mystery and fascination of the animals, plants, and insects that inhabit the world of night. Through the use of Native...

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• Treat it Right!® Storm Water

  In Treat It Right!® Storm Water students learn how storm water is managed and treated in the City of Edmonton. The concepts are explored through a series of lessons which inform the students how storm water must be managed to prevent flooding and...

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• Energy Conservation Learning Activities- Elementary

  This resource offers a progressive, grade-by-grade discussion of ecological concepts related to energy conservation. A range of activities provide teachers with ideas and resources to incorporate ecological thinking into their teaching while integrating...

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• Libby, Montana

  The residents in a one industry town, Libby, Montana, relied on mining an asbestos - like material called vermiculite. Hundreds of residents who worked with vermiculite over many years died from a lung disease. The same fate affected those...

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• Message in a Book: People Forced to Flee

  Created in partnership with Schools for Sanctuary, “ Message in a Book: People Forced to Flee” enables learners to think about our fundamental human rights, why refugees leave their homes, what challenges they face and how welcoming counties...

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• All About Earth

  All About Earth: Our World on Stage is a classroom resource that introduces environmental education to students at a very young age through the use of a science-based storybook and inquiry-based learning activities. This resource is designed to increase...

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• Chemicals, The Environment, and You

  This inquiry-based resource focuses on the science of toxicology and introduces students to the methods scientists use to determine how chemicals can both help and harm human health. Active learning is promoted and student interest stimulated through...

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• The Power and Promise of Humane Education

  This well-intentioned, easy-to-read book, The Power and Promise of Humane Education, is less about power and promise and more an introduction to theoretical/practical approaches to humane education. The author, Zoe Weil, distinguishes humane education...

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• Turning Over a New Leaf

  Students are introduced to forest biotechnology through preliminary activities involving brainstorming about key issues.  Then students explore the importance of forest biotechnology and the role of the Canadian Forest Service in conducting...

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