Loon follows the first four years of two loon chicks as they grow into adulthood. The book is very informative providing a wealth of interesting facts accompanied by beautiful illustrations. Two additional pages provide more detailed information...
The Gardener portrays the journey of Lydia Grace Finch who is sent off to live with her Uncle Jim because her father has lost his job. Lydia brings with her a suitcase full of seeds to the big, gray city and gradually transforms her uncle’s shop...
This teaching unit consists of four lessons that address issues connected to urban storm water management including water quality, water-borne materials, erosion and deposition, stream characteristics, continental drainage systems and human impacts. Lesson...
This resource focuses on a sustainable approach to managing organic waste. Students explore the environmental, social and economic aspects of waste disposal and apply what they have learned by building and operating a vermicomposter. This action toolkit...
By 2050 young people will be living with the choices made today. A 13 year old today will be 52 years old in 2050 and may have children of their own. What future would they choose? My 2050 School's Toolkit lets students decide how they would fuel...
This six-lesson resource aims to increase understanding and awareness of climate change and its impacts around the world. Through a variety of engaging activities students learn about renewable energy in a global context and are encouraged to take positive...
This resource explores many of the international debates which surround water. Is water a commodity or a human right? Should it be managed privately or publicly? What are the current and future threats to water? Students research current issues...
This resource focuses attention on the relationship between human consumption and environmental degradation, with particular attention paid to declining biodiversity. Students first become familiar with a number of concepts including...
This activity-based, ESD resource integrates sustainability issues into the teaching of engineering, technology and product design concepts. Students are asked to describe and evaluate the impacts of engineering on the environment and to reflect on their...
Amphibial Pursuits is the teachers’ guide to Frogwatch a program through which students learn to identify frogs by sound and contribute valuable scientific information to a national amphibian monitoring program. This guide is a multi-disciplinary...
This story follows the silly duo of Flo, the pelican and Eddy the cormorant as they head out on their fall migration. Initially they get lost, but soon find their route using waterways to guide them. As they travel they experience water in...
In this story Penny's grandfather takes her on a field trip to Oak Hammock Marsh, Manitoba. Grandpa Brown is an avid naturalist who teaches Penny all about the birds and other animals they see. When they stop for lunch Penny learns an important...
This Indigenous picture book focuses on the message that we should do everything we can to protect our environment. All of the animals flee a great fire that is burning their forest, except for the little hummingbird. She carries water one drop...
The beaver in this story is so busy felling trees that he puts no thought into his actions. Consequently he causes devastation in the forest. Finally the busy beaver's carelessness results in an accident. From his hospital room the beaver...
As one volume in the Judy Moody series, this book has all of the usual humorous characters and wit that has made these stories so popular. Judy Moody wonders how one person can "heal the world". She tries to get her family to rethink the products...
In this First Nation story, Tess learns from her grandmother that her “garden” is all of nature that surrounds her. As they pick plants and berries, they do so carefully and with respect. Tess discovers that if she cares for the...
In this beautiful picture book a young girl saves a caterpillar and takes it to her grandfather. With his help she makes a butterfly house with everything a caterpillar needs. They watch the larva change from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. ...
Appropriate for very young children, this book encourages young people to appreciate nature using their five senses. Using descriptive words and cut-out pictures the book illustrates bugs, frogs, stars and many other things that a child can see...
In this imaginative tale a boy and his dog board a toy train at bedtime. They travel the world meeting several different endangered species along the way. When the boy hears the animals' sad stories he decides he must help them. ...
Sandy is enjoying a day at the beach with her grandfather when much to her chagrin she discovers a pile of garbage. As she cleans up the mess she is suddenly joined by the very peculiar "Garbage Lady". The "Garbage Lady" turns out to be a...