Resources

• All About Earth

  All About Earth: Our World on Stage is a classroom resource that introduces environmental education to students at a very young age through the use of a science-based storybook and inquiry-based learning activities. This resource is designed to increase...

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• The Mystery of the Missing Hummingbirds

  The Mystery of the Missing Hummingbirds models children asking questions about the natural world and conducting science investigations to explore the world around them. This classroom resource introduces environmental education  to students at a...

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• Discoveries at Willow Creek

  Discoveries at Willow Creek is based on a storybook approach that focuses the attention of young readers on the natural changes that take place in and around a creek.  On a second visit to Willow Creek, the GLOBE Kids characters discover why the...

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• Gulf Oil Spill-Middle School Version

  This ESD resource uses lessons learned from the Gulf oil spill to promote environmental stewardship.  Classroom activities examine the implications of society's reliance on oil and encourage students to do their part in protecting our planet's water. Using...

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• Gulf Oil Spill-High School Version

  This ESD resource uses lessons learned from the Gulf oil spill to promote environmental stewardship.  Classroom activities examine the implications of society's reliance on oil and encourage students to do their part in protecting our planet's...

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• OzonAction Education Pack

  The ESD resource aims at educating students about the protective role of the ozone layer and the causes and consequences of its depletion. Through a variety of practical, hands-on activities students learn concrete and simple solutions to help protect...

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• OzonAction Education Pack for Secondary Schools: Sessions 1-4

  The Ozonaction Education Pack provides a series of activities that will allow students to learn about the ozone layer, its depletion and possible actions to reduce the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs).  Students will also develop action...

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• Energy Efficiency-Middle School Version

  This sustainability resource uses experiential learning, guided questioning, video presentation and research to help students recognize how their own electricity use impacts the growing demand for electricity. The activities effectively address the environmental...

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• Bridges that Unite

  This resource encourages students to deepen their understanding of global poverty—to see our connections to the rest of the world, to explore the roots of inequities and to understand the importance of assistance that preserves human dignity, values...

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• Good-bye poverty, hello biodiversity

  This ESD resource is the third in a series of children's books that explores diversity. It explains the link between declining biodiversity and world poverty. Suitable for the science classroom, it focuses on the relationship between environmental stewardship...

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• Exploring Biodiversity: A Guide For Educators Around the World

  This teaching resource is designed to explore the ecological and social dimensions of biodiversity with students.  The resource introduces fascinating topics, raises challenging questions and guides students to explore, analyse, evaluate and discuss...

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• Twenty One Primary School Assemblies

  This resource provides guidelines for running a purposeful primary school assembly based on ESD themes for special occasions throughout the year.  Assemblies will be based on: New Year's Resolutions, Martin Luther King Day, Holocaust Memorial Day,...

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• Teaching Global Sustainability in the Primary Grades

  This four-lesson, ESD resource has been designed to provide primary educators with a unique, age-appropriate curriculum that addresses core concepts related to sustainability.  Map of Myself: Identity and Culture Students will: explore personal...

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• Conserving Water Through Art

  This lesson is designed to inform students about the scarcity of water in the world and to encourage them to think about ways that they can conserve water in their own homes. Students will: Discuss the distribution of water on earth and how much water...

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• The Big Picture on Biodiversity and Climate Change

  This is a highly experiential learning resource that explores the relationship among biodiversity, climate change and human health. In addition to drawing attention to the importance of species diversity the resource provides both ideas and support ...

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• Earth Matters: Population Dynamics

  This classroom resource examines population growth patterns, human demographics and the concept of carrying capacity.  Through a series of lessons and activities students explore the past, present and future impacts of human population growth.  Students...

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• LSF's Reusable Bags Action Toolkit for Secondary Students

  Reusable Bags is an action toolkit resource emphasizing the importance of reusing in reducing waste and conserving resources, even more so than recycling. Students take action to decrease the number of plastic bags in circulation by constructing their...

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• Dirty Air and Bright Lights

  Students are presented with the relationship of bright lights, holiday lights and other intense uses of electricity in terms of the effects on air quality, and the subsequent effect on human health. If dirty air makes people sick, what can be...

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• Asthma in the City

  This problem-based learning unit focuses on the health effects of poor air quality.  Students are asked to explain why one twin has asthma and one does not. Students form groups called Think-Tanks that allow them to research the issue...

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• Buy Nothing Day

  This lesson plan focuses students attention on the issue of consumerism and asks them to consider its benefits and drawbacks.  Students identify the different influences on their spending habits with special attention to the role of the media. ...

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