Resources

• Travelling for Water, Mini Unit

  This resource is designed to develop student understanding of the issues relating to water use, protection and conservation through hands-on, diverse learning experiences. Students will: take part in a simulation activity to identify the amount of clean...

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• Mountain Pine Beetle Mania

  This is a very thorough resource that addresses the life cycle of the Mountain Pine Beetles with particular emphasis on the problems associated with cyclical outbreaks taking place in Alberta and the Western Provinces.  This Canadian resource offers...

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• Survival

  This resource 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. Through the...

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• Journey into New Worlds

  ‘Journey into New Worlds’ is the title of the first of four episodes in David Suzuki’s television series The Sacred Balance now available to teachers on DVD or VHS.     The resource, The Grade 11-12 Teacher’s Guide...

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• Teaching Global Sustainability in the Primary Grades

  This four-lesson, ESD resource has been designed to provide primary educators with a unique, age-appropriate curriculum that addresses core concepts related to sustainability.  Map of Myself: Identity and Culture Students will: explore personal...

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• Conserving Water Through Art

  This lesson is designed to inform students about the scarcity of water in the world and to encourage them to think about ways that they can conserve water in their own homes. Students will: Discuss the distribution of water on earth and how much water...

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• Honduras: Seventh Grade-Lesson 1

  Students will engage in a self-directed survey to identify reasons for the popularity of bananas, map the journey each banana must take and then write a book for younger children about bananas. They will learn about the origin of the banana, how bananas...

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• The Boreal Forest: A Global Legacy

  The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy explores the natural wealth of the Boreal forest, its biodiversity, economic value and social and cultural importance. The resource helps students of all ages learn about the Boreal forest by incorporating boreal...

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• The Woolastoqewiyik

  This resource was prepared as an educational tool to accompany the Wolastoqewiyik Community component of the Smithsonian Institution's Internet-based Indigenous Geography Project.  The activities included will introduce students to the Wolastoqewiyik,...

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• Plants & Animals

  This chapter is part of a larger compilation, "Keepers of the Earth", which is designed to increase students understanding of nature, and the uniqueness of plants and animals.  An understanding of the interconnectedness of all things in nature is...

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• Creation

  Activities are designed to help students have meaningful experiences with special places in their surroundings, explore how Earth provides the things we need to live, as well as teach about conservation of tree and forests. Students will: visit a special...

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• Water Literate

  This ESD resource is especially appropriate for incorporating sustainability themes into English Language Arts at the lower middle school grade levels.  It uses issues related to water availability and development in rural Tanzania...

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• Twenty One Primary School Assemblies

  This resource provides guidelines for running purposeful primary school assembly based on ESD themes for special occasions throughout the year.  Assemblies will be based on: New Year's Resolutions, Martin Luther King Day, Holocaust Memorial Day,...

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• Operation Water Health

  This resource contains eight lessons that explore health issues related to water. Students are encouraged to become involved on behalf of safe drinking water at home and abroad.  Lessons involve reading and interpreting well-organized fact sheets,...

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• Compose a Stream Song

  The resource presents a novel way for students to become freshwater stewards by first becoming familiar with a stream-side environment and then creating a song about their impressions. The initial step is a field trip to a local river or stream. Students...

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• Fall Monarch Migration

  This resource engages students in a study of wildlife migration by tracking the fall flight of monarch butterflies to Mexico. Using an on-line tool, Canadian students track monarch butterfly sightings in early fall, along with students from the United...

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• Debris Dilemma

  This resource uses a video lesson, a fast-paced interactive game, and a group activity to highlight the ongoing problems that plastics and other forms of garbage create for marine environments and the animals that live there. After watching a powerful...

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• The Fire of Creation

  ‘Fire of Creation’ is the title of the third of four episodes in David Suzuki’s television series The Sacred Balance now available to teachers on DVD or VHS.  This resource, The Grade 11-12 Teacher’s Guide to Episode...

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• Operation Water Pollution- grades 5 - 6

  This series of 11 lessons guides students through an exploration of water pollution issues.  Through a variety of activities and cooperative learning strategies, the students explore the causes, effects and sources of water pollution in North America...

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• Enviro-Proofing Your Home

  Students learn background knowledge about waste management and energy efficiency in introductory lessons. They draw a floor plan of their home and identify areas where waste is generated and energy is lost. Plans to recycle and conserve energy are developed...

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