Resources

• Design for Change: One Idea! One Week!

  Design for Change outlines a process by which students identify a problem and collectively design and execute a plan to remedy the problem. The process,as outlined, involves four steps - feel, imagine, do and share. The four steps are realized through...

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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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• Hidden Plastics

  Students will be introduced to the term hidden plastics and will participate in an activity that analyzes everyday items that could potentially contain these materials. Students will view the Hidden Plastics video and explore the associated infographic...

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• World Climate Simulation

  Students step into the role of delegates to a world climate summit and negotiate an international climate agreement designed to achieve the 2 degree warming threshold (as agreed to in Paris at COP21). In addition to gaining an understanding of counter...

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• Changing Climates - Years 5 & 6

  In this four-part lesson, the students will explore the topic of climate change through various activities.  They will learn of the historical causes and everyday habits that contribute to climate change.  All lessons are in a PowerPoint format...

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• Winter is Coming!

  This resource teaches students about the seasonal adaptations of local wildlife through a diverse set of activities that incorporate games, displays and habitat investigations.  Students examine the changes in appearance and behaviour that occur...

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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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• Operation Water Drop

  After examining facts, issues and responsibilities around the question of 'what is safe drinking water', students collect and test the quality of drinking water samples from five sources.  The class is divided up to complete 13 tests on...

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• Building awareness of climate sensitive infectious diseases in Canada

  The lessons in the following toolkit are designed to guide students towards an early understanding of climate change, and the impact it is having on all living things. One of the consequences of these changes is the increasing presence of climate sensitive...

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• Buy, Use, Toss?

  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...

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• Understanding the Global Refugee Crisis

  This lesson asks students to consider how a refugee crisis in the 1930s might help us think about how we respond to today’s refugee crisis. In the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of European Jews were refugees, fleeing persecution from Nazi Germany....

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• Decoding Carbon. A Climate Policy Quest

  This comprehensive resource uses guided inquiry to inform students about climate change and the crucial role of policy in addressing the serious threats it poses. The resource is made up of 4 sections, each consisting of two or more lessons.  While...

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• Who's Responsible?

  This 30 minute activity encourages pupils to consider who is responsible for ensuring we achieve the Global Goals (also known as the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs). It consists of four downloads: Teacher's Guide Global Goals-Stimulus sheet Global...

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• Seven Types of Plastic

  This introductory lesson teaches students about the role plastics play in their daily lives.  They explore how much and what type plastic that is placed in the recycling box actually gets recycled. Students will learn about the seven categories of...

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• Clean Air, Healthy Children

  These education materials and lesson plans are designed to introduce young children to the concepts of respiratory health, air quality and caring for the environment.  The unit begins by providing a comprehensive background to support teaching/learning...

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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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• 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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• Biodiversity: The Spice of Life (Module 1)

  The unit, Biodiversity:The Spice of Life, provides activities to launch a unit, school theme, and/or to help integrate biodiversity concepts across curriculum. Activity ideas include a focus on: Student Experience Interviewing Artistic Representations First...

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• Next Generation Climate

  Next Generation Climate is a six lesson, STEM climate change resource that has students investigate the cause of the global temperature change, research the major repercussions of climate change, and find out how they can monitor and minimize those repercussions....

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• Ecological Footprints

  This resource examines the difference between consumption and waste. Students investigate the concept of an ecological footprint using a game format.  Afterwards they visit an interactive website that allows them to calculate their family's ecological...

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