Resources

• Spark Climate Conversations: Climate Justice in the Canadian Artic

  In this activity, through guided conversations, learners will identify ways that climate change is disproportionately affecting the livelihood of the Inuit in the Arctic. Through inquiry, learners will examine how climate change disproportionately...

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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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• Tracking Aliens

  Students conduct a field study to investigate, record and analyse the presence of native, non-native and  invasive species in a selected local environment. By focusing on identifying and observing the variety of species found in the local environment,...

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• Conserving Canada's Marine Biodiversity

  The activities provided in this resource have the goal of helping students become passionate about Canada’s oceans, raise awareness of conservation issues, and bring Canada’s oceans just a little bit closer to home. The portion of the resource...

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• The Water Walker Teacher's Guide

  This teacher's guide serves as a companion to the book The Water Walker. The guide provides a number of learning opportunities with the Ojibwe language, social activism, character education and social studies.  Also included are discussion...

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• Perils of Plastic

  Students learn about the world's largest "landfill," make a connection to their own lives, and calculate how much trash they generate in a week, a year, ten years.

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• Polar Bears and the Arctic

  Polar Bears and the Arctic is a resource comprised of five age appropriate activities which focus on climate change in the Arctic. Activity 1 - Where in the world is the Arctic? The students use a globe, a map and photographs to identify the Arctic region...

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• Sum of the Parts

  In Sum of the Parts students define point and non-point pollution and consider how their choices contribute to pollution and shaping the world they live in. Students are given a riverfront piece of land and one million dollars to develop it with. They...

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• Spotlight from Space: Taking Earth’s Temperature

  In this two part lesson plan, the students will explore the use of satellites to record changes in the Earth's temperature, gain an understanding of the changes that have occurred in this temperature over the last 20 years and build their own satellite. Part...

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• Understanding Sustainable Living

  Understanding Sustainable Living is part of the World's Largest Lesson, which brings the Global Goals to children all over the world and unites them in taking action. In this sixty minute lesson, students will: listen to the song "Electric Car" by They...

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• Turn Milk Into Plastic

  The science of polymers is brought to life in this innovative STEM resource that has students creating casein plastic from milk.  As they examine the polymerization process students are actively engaged in an applied investigation where they: Describe...

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• Tapped Out: The World Water Crisis

  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...

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• Future of a Vacant Lot

  Using the Three Pillars of Sustainability, students will examine a vacant lot in order to analyze issues related to public spaces and create possible solutions to these problems. Students will then identify the stakeholders involved and how they will...

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• Nature and the Economy

  The goal of the lesson is to have students understand the basic workings of the economy and the contribution of nature to the economy, with particular attention to the concepts of 'Natural Capital' and the 'Tragedy of the Commons'. Students will also...

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• Make Space for Nature

  Make Space for Nature is one of many lessons from The World's Largest Lesson. This resource includes a four part introductory lesson plan that looks at how the planet's biodiversity impacts the achievement of the Global Goals. In this lesson, students...

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• Waste Reduction Week in Canada Resource Guide

  This resource is a kit that can be used as a starting point for any educator who wants to educate their students to reduce the amount of waste they are producing.   The kit presents two beginning activities:  1. Waste Assessment: The students...

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• To What Degree?

  Through a series of four lessons, students will learn the story of how climate change is impacting life in Canada today.  The students will be working with photos from the exhibition "To What Degree? Canada in a Changing Climate". Lesson 1: How do...

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• Science First People

  This teacher resource guide provides educators with resources to support increased integration of First Peoples knowledge and perspectives into classrooms and schools. The resource can be used in conjunction with locally based resources that are developed...

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• Weather Makers: Secondary

  “Weather makers” is a comprehensive teaching unit on climate change.  Its 15 lessons are organized into 3 sections. Tuning in:  With the help of engaging video shorts and stunning images students work in pairs and small groups to...

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• Carbon: A Unit For Years 9 and 10

  This comprehensive unit explores the nature of carbon and its effects on the environment. Following an inquiry approach, the 8 lesson package focuses student attention on 5 essential questions. • What is carbon? • What is the carbon cycle? • What...

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