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• Seasons

  Students will take part in a variety of activities designed to teach about the seasons, the scientific reasoning behind the seasons, and how the seasons affect nature and the environment.                                                           Students...

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• Canada's Boreal Forest: Tradition and Transition

  This nine-lesson resource targeted for both middle school (lessons 1,2,4,5,6) and high school (lessons 3,7,8,9), promotes an understanding of the importance of the Canadian Boreal Forest in terms of its biodiversity, unique habitats, and wealth of...

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• Gulf Oil Spill-High School Version

  This ESD resource uses lessons learned from the Gulf oil spill to promote environmental stewardship.  Classroom activities examine the implications of society's reliance on oil and encourage students to do their part in protecting our planet's...

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• Operation Water Flow- Biology

  This resource contains three lessons which deal with the issue of unsafe drinking water by focusing on the role that viruses and bacteria play in contaminating water. Activities include two simulations- one modelling pathogen transmission in a population,...

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• Sources of Plastic Waste in the Environment

  Plastics present a major challenge to terrestrial and marine ecosystems as well as to our health. This resource helps students identify the biggest plastic waste producing countries and industries in the world. As such, it it is one piece in any study...

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• The Journey of Sustainabilty

  Beginning with the question –Can business profit through sustainability?- the video traces the journey from the Industrial Revolution to the present to find the answer. Highlights of the journey include references to the pressures on business exerted...

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• The Crabtivating Quiz Show

  During this activity students learn about the European green crab and its impact. After completion of a short interactive e-Learning course, students participate in an online quiz to demonstrate what they have learned about the green crab, invasive species...

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• A Reassuring Fable

  The video suggests that our inclination to embrace reassuring myths about our place and role in the biosphere has been destructive of both ourselves and the planet. It further argues that we must accept hard truths rather than reassuring faith; that knowledge...

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• Fast Fashion - Learning the Life Cycle

  In this mini-workshop, students will explore the societal, economic and environmental impacts of fast fashion.  By reading personal profiles of individuals involved in the life-cycle of a cotton t-shirt, students will gain a first-hand look at how...

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• Ozzy Ozone (En)

  Ozzy Ozone and Alberta the Albatross take students on a voyage of discovery to learn exactly what is attacking the ozone layer. This animated video informs students on the role the ozone layer plays in protecting us from the sun’s rays, the natural...

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• Fresh Water Scarcity

  Introduces a number of issues related to water availability and consumption – relative abundance and scarcity of fresh water; personal use versus global use; the common good versus profit.  The video is accompanied by a number of additional...

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• Investigating Bat Adaptations

  Investigating Bat Adaptations leads students to learn about the adaptations that increase a bat's chances of finding food and surviving in a particular habitat while also increasing the student's knowledge of the different species of bats in the world. In...

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• Climate Change and Your Ecological Area

  In Climate Chance and Your Ecological Area, students will investigate interrelationships among plants and animals in an ecosystem and explore how climate change might affect those interrelationships and the natural community as a whole. By the end of...

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• Backyard Biodiversity

  In Backyard Biodiversity, students will get out and explore biodiversity in their own neighborhood. Using the Seek app to identify different species, students will record the name and numbers of each species they encounter and use this data to construct...

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• Protect Our Oceans

  Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean - and shocking statistics about its rapid decline. Earle believes that with knowing comes caring ...but first we have to know about "the blue heart of the planet" and the threats...

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• Shrinking Habitat

  This interactive activity provides an opportunity for students to physically map out a diverse forested area in their classroom, then slowly reduce the space to simulate a loss of habitat and the impact this has on various species. The activity begins...

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• The Water Walker

  The Water Walker tells the story of an Ojibwe grandmother (Nokomis) named Josephine who loves Nibi (water).  She raises awareness of the need to protect Nibi for future generations by walking all around the Great Lakes and from the four salt waters...

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• Everybody's Somebody's Lunch

  This richly illustrated story blends First Nation wisdom about the natural world and traditional storytelling.  A young girl loses her cat "Mouser" in the forest.  As she searches for Mouser she stops and looks at all of the plants and animals...

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• Come Out Muskrats!

  This picture book with its simple text fosters an appreciation for nature and wetlands.  The muskrats are urged to come out of their house and spend time in the marsh.  They finally emerge to eat cattails, dry their fur and swim around, all...

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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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