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• Sense Nature

  In this outdoor activity students use all of their senses to discover local and native species of plants and animals along with their habitat needs. Students also learn how the information from their senses combine to create an awareness of the natural...

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• Let's Ban the Bead

  This 2-minute short takes on plastic microbeads - the little bits of plastic that companies have been putting in everything from body washes and hand soaps to toothpaste and makeup. In it, the authors show how microbeads are designed to go down the drain...

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• Winter Storms

  Major snowfalls are generally associated with winter storm systems that move across the country. The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate the relationship between the areas of heavy snowfall and the movement of the winter cyclone air masses. Students...

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• Of Forests and Men

  This short documentary was directed by award-winning director, Yann Arthus-Bertrand who was appointed by the United Nations to produce an official film for the International Year of Forests. The film uses aerial images from the acclaimed Home and the...

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• The Monarch Migration

  In this engaging simulation, students become monarch butterflies and experience the challenges of the fall journey to Mexico.  After discussing what migration is and why different species migrate, students follow a script that introduces different...

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• Global Warming: It's all about carbon

  This five-clip video package delivers an animated and highly entertaining chemistry lesson on the elemental cause of global warming- the behavior of the carbon atom. Mini-episodes explain how carbon atoms form bonds in living things that over time make...

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• The Voice of an Island

  This book by Lupe Vaai demonstrates the current realities of climate change. Katalina, a determined schoolgirl, decides to take matters into her own hands. Growing up in a polluted environment, filled with dust and garbage cans, Katalina decides that...

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• Desertification

  This visually stunning video explores the causes of desertification and offers possible solutions. The film illustrates that contrary to popular perception, desertification is not defined as the loss of land to desert nor does it occur through sand-dune...

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• Stuff Happens-With Bill Nye: FOOD WASTE

  In this short video, Bill Nye promotes an "eco-friendly kitchen," focusing on the problems associated with purchasing more food than is consumed and the improper disposal of food waste.  This program is part of the Stuff Happens series that examines...

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• World Out of Balance

  Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations and former forestry coordinator for Takla Lake First Nations, argues that unsustainable forestry practices and disregard for traditional indigenous knowledge about forest ecosystems...

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• Ecological Succession- Change is Good

  This fast-paced video emphasizes that in the world of ecology, 'change is good'. Since stability never happens in ecosystems, naturally-occurring, “intermediate disturbances” can actually create new habitats and more biodiverse communities....

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• What is Climate Change

  What is Climate Change is one of six 'big questions' students can investigate using the Climate Kids website. This lesson explains the science behind why our climate is changing and why it is important. Links to short readings, video descriptions, scientific...

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• Alien Invaders: Species that threaten our world

  This book provides students with a comprehensive introduction to invasive species and the significant impacts of these species on our natural world.  Engaging text that treats the topic like a horror movie highlights how biodiversity is reduced by...

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• Nibi's Water Song

  Nibi's Water Song tells the story of a young Indigenous girl on the search for clean drinking water.  When clean water cannot be found in her home, she searches her community to no avail.  Even though she faces numerous challenges, Nibi does...

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• My Name Is Henry Bibb

  Henry Bibb became a pivotal leader in the abolitionist movement by using the power of the written word to publish Canada’s first Black newspaper, “The Voice of the Fugitive”.  This moving novel depicts Henry’s life from a...

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• Chakra the Invincible

  This book explores the importance of gender equality using a comic book format. The authors bring their character Chakra the Invincible to teach children about the global goals! Chakra takes to the streets of Mumbai to teach children a lesson on gender...

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• Night Stars

  This comic book takes students through an exciting journey following the story of three young people that can travel through time. Leslie, her brother John and their friend Adam stumbled upon a spaceship with special suits that gave them each unique power....

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• The Epic Eco-Inventions

  This book takes students through an adventure and wonderful inventive story about two young boys that aspire to better the world and protect our planet. This story is the first adventure of an Eco-Inventor Boy and his little brother, who live on a lake...

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• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

  The physical challenges of being born with hydrocephalus are nothing compared to the wretched emotional circumstances that plague Junior's life on the reservation.  The daily grind of abject poverty, addiction and abuse lead him to an English school...

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• We are Water Protectors

  We are Water Protectors is a beautifully illustrated story of an Ojibwe girl who has been taught the importance of water by her grandmother.  Her ancestors foretold of a "black snake" that would someday come and destroy the land and poison the water....

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