Resources

• Nanabosho and the Butterflies

  Nanabosho and the Butterflies tells the story of Grandmother explaining to her grandchildren her residential school experience and how the appearance of a butterfly brought her hope and happiness. Grandmother goes on to explain the legend of how the butterfly...

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• fatty legs

  Fatty legs recounts the true story of a little Inuit girl who is desperate to learn how to read.  She is intrigued by the outsiders, the nuns and priests, who work at the residential school.  She begs her father to allow her to go to school...

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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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• Stop the Spread

  Each year millions of children suffer as a result of inadequate access to clean water.  This STEM hands-on learning unit raises awareness of the challenges in maintaining health in developing countries where infrastructure like toilets and running...

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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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• Climate Change in the Garden: One Seed at a Time

  This innovative resource explores climate change impacts on food production through a series of activities that build environmental stewardship skills.  As students examine how rising temperatures are impacting ecological factors like pollination...

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• The Power of Plants

  The Power of Plants is a collection of six complete lesson plans that raises awareness about the importance of biodiversity in everyday life. Lesson 1: Two classes - Students will explore these different art forms by creating two artworks using the same...

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• Do Your Storm Drains Keep the Ocean Trash Free?

  In this STEM activity, the students will test the efficiency of the storm drain inlets found in their community. The resource aims to help students determine what types of litter are around their community and may be entering the local stormwater drainage...

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• Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Saving Migratory Animals

  The objective of Here Today, Gone Tomorrow:Saving Migratory Animals is to determine the migratory path for a bird species and investigate whether the habitats in its summer and winter location are similar or different. Based on this information, students...

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• What a Dump!

  In this STEM activity, students learn about environmental, civil, and sanitation engineering by designing and building model landfills that hold the most garbage, minimize costs, and prevent trash and contaminated rainwater from polluting the nearby city. ...

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• Core Concepts

  This comprehensive resource provides strong curriculum connections to the earth sciences. In addition to the topics of rocks, minerals and soils, Core Concepts effectively addresses the need for mineral resource extraction (mining) as well as its impacts....

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• Disappearing Act

  In taking hundreds of years to decompose, plastics present a major challenge in the effective management and disposal of solid waste. In response, researchers have been developing new materials that decompose more quickly for use in the manufacture of...

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• Renewable Energy: How can we keep our lights on?

  This STEM resource focuses on the topic of renewable energy and is comprised of three interrelated activities to help students discuss and explore this subject: ACTIVITY #1: What keeps your lights on ? In this preliminary activity the students are asked...

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• A Warmer World for Arctic Animals

  The effects of climate change on ecosystems and the distribution of organisms within them are already evident in the Arctic. In this lesson, students will learn about the challenges that climate change presents for four specific Arctic predators. They...

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• Cultural Perspectives on Sustainability

  The activities in this resource provide background information on a First Nations and Métis perspective or worldview and their respective concept of sustainability. The lessons were developed to address objectives from the unit entitled Life Science:...

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• Mission Five: How is the Arctic Changing?

  This one day lesson plan explores how the Arctic is changing through a series of demonstrations, discussions and the viewing of a slideshow.  The lessons and activities have been designed to follow on from one another, building student’s understanding...

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• Life After Trash

  In this STEM activity the students are issued a challenge of creating a useful item out of an assortment of "trash" and recycled items provided by the teacher.  The activity is rendered more complex by the limited availability of bonding materials...

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• The Giving Tree

  The Giving Tree is a story that focuses on the Métis traditions and way of life. It is set in present day with a grandfather telling the story of the giving tree to his grandson.  The story emphasizes the core values of the Métis people...

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• Thank you, Earth

  Thank you, Earth is a beautifully written book featuring dazzling photographs of nature.  The concepts of biology, nature, geography, community and  most importantly, respect, take center stage in this book that thanks the Earth for the many...

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• One Plastic Bag

  One Plastic Bag is the uplifting true story of Isatou, a young Gambian girl, who teaches the value of perseverance with an idea despite being scorned by others.  The use of plastics in her village increased to the point that garbage became a large...

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