Resources

• Waste Generation

  This action-oriented resource focuses attention on the issue of water reduction. Using an inquiry-based learning approach, students conduct school, personal, and classroom waste audits to yield 'before' results. After scrutiny and analysis of their findings,...

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• A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

  A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words is a lesson plan designed for middle school students in preparation for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The students will use visual literacy skills to analyze the components and message of an image. They will listen carefully...

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• Floating Garden Challenge

  As a result of climate change there is more rain in Bangladesh than ever before. Land where farmers used to grow their crops is now flooded on a regular basis. The result is families go hungry. This STEM lesson plan challenges students to design and build...

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• Plastics Challenge

  In this comprehensive STEM resource students investigate the properties of plastics and  find solutions to problems caused by plastic waste globally. The increased use of plastics is creating a huge environmental challenge for both industrialized...

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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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• Cultivating Peace in the 21st Century

  Students undertake an exploration of seven topics related to cultivating peace through a variety of learning activities. This resource is designed to help students develop a better understanding of the forces that can bring about tragedies such...

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• Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

  Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change is the world’s first Inuktitut-language film on the topic of climate change. The film is an intimate portrait of Inuit life told in the voices of Inuit elders and hunters, who detail the social and...

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• All the Water in the World

  This resource allows students to gain an awareness about the ways water is used in the Canadian economy. They will learn about the amount of water Canadians consume and how this is divided within the home. Students will compare their family’s and...

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• Our Changing Climate for Grades 3 to 6

  This resource is aimed at elementary students and provides an entry point to climate change education through the language arts. It was created with the idea that teaching about climate change at the elementary level is possible if the curriculum provides...

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• The Power of Peace

  The Power of Peace is a lesson plan designed to allow students to explore the topic of peace, learn about peaceful activists and determine ways to incorporate peace into their school environment and the world around them. During this lesson, the students...

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• This Just In

  In the main activity of the resource students research and deliver a mock news cast on the topic of "Biodiversity on Earth". After reading and discussing the WWF's Living Planet Report the students summarize its content and reflect on why the report serves...

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• Circular Economy Activity

  This activity explores the problem of waste pollution and its solution through adopting a circular economic model. Students explore the issue of solid waste in the world, with a focus on plastics. Students explore biomimicry and how humans can take inspiration...

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• Tree Tour

  Tree Tour is a lesson plan that strives to foster an understanding of and an appreciation for nature in middle grade students.  Using the Project Noah app the students will locate, map and identify trees to create a digital reference for a local...

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• Personal Consumption and Climate Change

  The toolkit is designed to support and encourage teachers, tutors and lecturers to integrate some of the concepts of sustainable development into teaching and learning. It focuses in particular on using photographs and a range of active teaching and learning...

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• Biodiversity, Food and Farming for a Healthy Planet

  This resource provides a complete package for teachers to educate students about agriculture and how human activities have profound impacts on the ecosystems and biodiversity of our planet. Each lesson is organized with an introductory description, curriculum...

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• Global Schools Program Grade 9

  Students will examine topics related to women's rights and gender equality through literature. Using these literary portrayals of women, students will explore gender inequality as it exists at the local, national, and global levels. Finally, students...

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• Global Schools Program Grade 8

  Through a variety of activities and discussions, students will explore the theme of injustice: what is means, how it manifests in everyday life, and how it contributes to larger social dynamics. Students will also evaluate our shared values, discuss why...

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• The Human Impact of Climate Change

  These activities explore the human impact of the climate emergency and provide new spaces, approaches and opportunities for climate education and social action The resource frames the climate emergency as a human rights and people-centred issue and...

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• Plastic Education Kit: 10-11

  The Plastic Education Toolkit is a series of seven related classroom lessons during which students will be made aware of their own plastic use and how their actions will have a direct impact on the environment around them. Through these interesting lessons,...

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• Carbon: A Unit For Years 5 and 6

  This student-led inquiry explores the element carbon as a building block of matter, a source of energy and a key culprit in greenhouse gas production and climate change.   Following an introduction to these key themes, students generate essential...

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