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Desertification
This visually stunning video explores the causes of desertification and offers possible solutions. The film illustrates that contrary to popular perception, desertification is not defined as the loss of land to desert nor does it occur through sand-dune...
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Animal Tracks: Keeping Track of Who Has Been Here!
In this entertaining resource students explore animal tracks while learning about how different animals move. The activity-based lessons guide children through a scientific investigation of different types of tracks and has students compare movement...
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Macroinvertebrates: What Wetland Bugs Can Teach Us
This experiential learning resource introduces students to the world of macroinvertebrates and the factors that negatively impact wetlands. A game approach is used to explore the effects of pollution on aquatic macroinvertebrate species. Then students...
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Overfishing
This short film shows the evolution of fishing throughout history. It also illustrates how technological advances in fisheries have allowed us to increase our catch but ultimately it has caused the decline of the industry. Despite new initiaves to stop...
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Food Miles: Growing Local Food Connections (Middle Level)
This ESD resource will enlighten students about where their food comes from and the importance of a healthy diet. Activities are designed to develop environmental citizenship and promote action that will help to reduce food miles as a conscious contribution...
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What's Up With Gena?
This challenging classroom resource offers hands-on, inquiry-based lessons that explore the subject of biotechnology by means of a 'real-world' simulation. Students follow Gena Karbowski’s breast cancer diagnosis and treatment options to learn about...
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Invasive Species (Video)
This animation demonstrates some of the problems that can arise when a species is accidentally or intentionally transported from one area to another. In the short video we meet Frank who is from a big city, eats everything and has a huge family. ...
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Aquariums and Water Gardens
This video is well suited for older students. The potential risk of invasive species from water gardens and aquariums is explained with specific examples of plants and animals that have caused harm to our Canadian habitats. Alternative suggestions...
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Silent Invaders: Asian Carp
This video introduces students to the Asian Carp and the threat it poses to the Great Lakes ecosystem. With stunning photography that is sure to capture the students' attention, the video explores aspects of this invasive species including why the fish...
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Biological Invaders
This video explores the topic of invasive species. It looks specifically at the Brown Tree Snake and the efforts that are being made in Hawaii to stop it from damaging the local ecosystem. This video illustrates how our modern day world has facilitated...
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Endangered Species
This short program explores the issue of endangered species. It introduces key terms and information and explains how human impacts on habitat can lead to animal and plant extinction. Students will see that changes made with the best of intentions...
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The True Cost of Food
In this animated video, a busy soccer mom learns the true cost of food purchased from a big 'box' store as opposed to the cost of buying locally-produced food. Students are introduced to some of the environmental, economic and social impacts of...
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This Bulb
In this short video, Natalie Portman, Kyra Sedgwick and Chloe Sevigny explain how small changes in lifestyle will have a big impact in reversing the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. They convincingly make the argument that changing one light...
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Solar Power
This short video explores how California, a leader in harnessing the sun, is addressing some of the economic and reliability issues often associated with electrical generation using solar energy.
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Waste to Energy
This short program focuses on the issues of water use and water conservation. Students are introduced to environmental engineer Bruce Logan and his work in turning wastewater into energy! All of us use water and in the process too much of...
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Plastic Oceans
This powerful video explores contamination of the planets' oceans by discarded plastics. The issue is examined through interviews with the scientists from Australia who are studying the problem. Students witness the extent of problem and the...
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Eco Pads
This video features a 'take-off' of the popular MTV reality show, Cribs. Narrated by British comedian, Marcus Brigstocke, this 'tongue-in-cheek' presentation is full of conservation and sustainable living tips in a format that the students can definitely...
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Local Connections to Global Issues- Health
This wonderful ESD resource addresses the links that exist between climate change and the spread of infectious disease. Focus is placed on understanding the issue and looking for solutions. While the resource examines conditions experienced...
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Climate Change
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There's A HAIR In My Dirt!
The worm family takes on human characteristics as they are introduced as a mother, father and a typical teenager who hates his worm existence, especially when he finds a hair in his supper. In an effort to teach him a moral lesson the father tells the...
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