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• The Ethical Considerations of Personal Genomics

  This lesson plan explores some of the risks and benefits of gene-based medicine. Students look at concerns related to genetic testing and personal genome sequencing. Through videos and discussions students learn about existing technologies for genetic...

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• Leandro and the Mysterious Case of the Disappearing and Reappearing River

  Leandro and the Mysterious Case of the Disappearing and Reappearing River helps students understand hydrology, climate change and how human and physical processes interact to influence environments and the climate. Students will also reflect on how we...

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• Connecting Biodiversity to the Science 10 Curriculum Through Inquiry

  Many regions across Canada are already experiencing the effects of climate change. Ecosystems, such as the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, are changing rapidly, and animals’ habitats are changing faster than they can adapt. Without intervention,...

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• Fish Market Survey

  The Fish Market Research Resource aims to educate students on the issue of seafood substitutions in supermarkets by reading articles, collecting fish samples for DNA bar coding and discussing the impacts and the implications of market substitutions. Using...

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• Bridges that Unite

  This resource encourages students to deepen their understanding of global poverty—to see our connections to the rest of the world, to explore the roots of inequities and to understand the importance of assistance that preserves human dignity, values...

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• Renewables are Ready: A Guide to Teaching Renewable Energy

  This is a book available as a PDF file. The preface and introductory sections serve as background information for the teacher on the history of renewable energy use and the need to teach students about it. There is a compilation of activities which have...

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• A Whale's Tale

  The short video "A Whale's Tale" and its companion lesson plan will teach the students that even the smallest creatures can make a difference when working together to combat plastics in the ocean. The video tells the story of how marine plastics threaten...

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• Everyday Objects

  Everyday Objects is an inquiry-based learning resource in which an investigation of commonly used materials is used to begin a discussion and understanding of sustainable development. As students explore the design, composition and manufacture of items...

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• Ocean Plastics Education Kit for Middle School

  Did you know that around 13 million tonnes of plastics enter oceanic currents annually? This has resulted in more pieces of plastic in our ocean than stars in the galaxy. To help educators bring ocean literacy into the classroom, Ocean Wise has created...

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• Quagmire

  Quagmire is a role-playing game that simulates a real situation: whether or not to destroy a salt marsh to build a highway, or protect the marsh from development. Participating in a debate, students take on the roles of various stakeholders such as government,...

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• Give Water A Hand

  The Give Water A Hand program is presented in two books which can be downloaded as pdf files.  The Action Guide presents a stepwise process to organize and carry out an action-oriented project to protect and preserve watershed resources.  The...

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• Global Schools Program Grade 6

  In this grade 6, five part lesson, students will adopt a critical lens towards concepts of community and the value of diversity within a community. They will begin to explore how privilege, inequality, power dynamics, and social justice play into their...

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• One in Eight

  One in Eight explores the importance of food and nutrition in the world, why it is a basic need as well as a human right, and how food waste is increasingly linked to hunger and what we can do about it.  This review is limited to sections one and...

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• Stepping Stones for the Sustainable Development Goals

  The purpose of this resource is to provide a tool for students to understand the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to take meaningful action on those Goals. This Workbook is structured to provide educators and learners an introduction to the SDGs...

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• Electric Vehicle

  The electric vehicle (EV) lessons will teach students about the history of EVs, the types of EV's, the battery technology, the emissions, and how to buy one.  There are five presentations included in the EV lesson. These presentations can be taught...

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• Healthy Youth, Healthy Community ( Grades 9-12)

  This ESD classroom resource introduces students to healthy living habits for themselves as well as their community. They demonstrate their knowledge by participating in various activities that encourage healthy food choices, exercising and helping others...

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• Canada in a Changing Climate: The Living World

  This resource aims to educate students about the impact of climate change on food production in Canada. The activities encourage students to take a critical look at the various threats that contribute to climate change and to find solutions to the problem.  Using...

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• Global Schools Program Grade 3

  The Global Schools Program for Grade 3 aims to teach students about the origin of food, the systems that distribute it and how it impacts the lives of people around the world.  The resource is comprised of five lessons. Lesson 1 Origins of Food:...

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• Watershed

  In this three part lesson, students grow their understanding of the term "watershed" and how their everyday activities can have an impact on the world's oceans.  In the first activity, the students create a watershed using a shower curtain, their...

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• Community Conversations for Climate Change

  In this two-part lesson plan, the students will work towards an understanding of climate change and then engage in a conversation with guests to the classroom to understand the changes to their area. In part one of the lesson, the students participate...

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