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This inquiry-focused activity explores the issue of climate change denial, what lies behind it, the danger it poses and what might be done to combat it. Students will: share personal experiences involving denial and explore the idea of cognitive dissonance. participate...
Students will gain an understanding of how energy, in the form of wind, can act on other objects to cause motion. Students will learn that they can use this energy to move their own objects and that wind energy is harvested in large quantities to produce...
In this learning activity, students will conduct a model population census by taking advantage of “species” present in their own local environment. Students will analyze and compare results to develop an understanding of the complexities associated...
Did you know only nine percent of plastic waste is recycled? This video explains BioCellection’s alternative solution to recycling plastic. This company’s innovative technology aims to reduce plastic waste by breaking down unrecyclable plastics...
In this short video, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) are introduced to students. They are presented as the new framework for sustainable development and explain that human prosperity must go hand in hand with protecting the planet. The history...
Treaty Tales trilogy is an excellent series to introduce primary students to the concept of treaties in Canada and the importance of honouring them. The stories provide introductory information about Canada's First People, particularly the Anishinaabe...
Students assess the fitness of a habitat for a specific purpose. The lesson is designed to introduce students to concepts of ecology, habitat care, and species identification. Students will be able to: Locate habitat elements on a specific...
Maple Trees and Marmots is a role playing game for younger elementary students where students learn the effects of climate change on animals and plants. There are two activities in the resource: the first focuses on animals and is intended for K-2...
In this inquiry students explore the relationship between their everyday lives and farming. The connections among human consumption, pollution, waste mitigation and agriculture are established through a number of varied activities arranged in four...
The goal of this activity is to inform and encourage students to take individual and community action to address climate change. It assumes students have an understanding of global warming and the major ways in which humans are impacting our...
This activity does a very good job in illustrating how the lifestyle of North Americans contributes to climate change and threatens the survival of those living in the developing world. Half of the students in class represent people living in poor...
Students examine decomposition processes in a package of leaves placed in a stream or pond. This lesson extends the exploration of energy flow in ecosystems. Students learn to identify species of invertebrate decomposers and they observe the conversion...
In this outdoor activity, students will complete a series of neighborhood walks with an observation chart over a period of a few months to predict and observe changes in living and non-living components of the local ecosystems in order to understand the...
Students participate in a game in which native frogs and bullfrogs compete for shelter, food, and water (habitat components). This game teaches students about the relationship between an animal and its habitat, and what effect introduced animals can have...
This lesson is based on a 20 minute podcast from the CBC series “Tai Asks Why” through which 7th grader Tai Poole tries to find answers to some of life’s biggest questions. In this episode, Tai talks with his friends, a NASA...
Buy, Use, Toss? is a two-week unit that provides multiple entry points to help students think critically about consumption. This series of ten thoroughly planned lessons lead your students through an exploration of the systems of producing and consuming...
In this research activity, students will apply what they learned from conducting population censuses. They will research a species at risk in Canada to develop both an understanding of the complexities associated with species and ecosystem management...
Students explore water quality concepts and inference in this lesson. They discuss common ways to describe, measure, or estimate water quality and the importance of water quality to the organisms that live in lakes or streams. First, students play a game...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! What about Refuse, Replace, Reimagine? In this activity, students will be focusing mainly on the “Reimagine” of the new 3Rs. The resource introduces students to BioCellection’s innovative technology that aims...
Through interactive play on a life-sized game board, students are introduced to three of the most common greenhouse gases and their role in the natural and enhanced greenhouse effect. Teams add or remove greenhouse gases from their shared atmosphere to...