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In this lesson, students will watch a documentary called Reef Rescue that follows incredible scientists as they race to save corals from disappearing. The lesson also comes with a guide to accompany the viewing of the documentary. This guide splits the...
In The Heat Is On students research themes of climate change in Ontario and predict the impacts of climate change on a local forested environment. The objectives of this lesson are: To introduce the greenhouse effect and climate change. To...
The poetic prose and colourful illustrations bring nature's music to life in this story about a young oak sapling that sprouts from an acorn and grows into a majestic tree. Seasonal melodies of wind, rain and snow are accompanied by the voices of animals...
This resource is one of 14 activities in Green Learning’s Decoding Carbon - A Climate Policy Quest, which explores how policy is used to build a low-carbon future. The activities are grouped by topics. Teachers or students can do any resources...
The Dandora Landfill is a sprawling waste site covering an area of about 121,400 square metres in Nairobi, Kenya. Every day around 2,000 tonnes of garbage is sent to this site. It is estimated that more than one million people live in the area immediately...
Students participate in a role-playing activity that simulates a public forum in which decisions regarding forest harvesting are debated. The lesson unfolds as follows: Students discuss the different ways in which forests are important to Canada. They...
The Ocean Plastic Education Kit provides a variety of lesson plans, activities and resources to bring ocean literacy into the elementary classroom to educate, equip and empower students to be ocean stewards. Through these activities, students will learn...
Did you know that around 13 million tonnes of plastics enter oceanic currents annually? This has resulted in more pieces of plastic in our ocean than stars in the galaxy. To help educators bring ocean literacy into the classroom, Ocean Wise has created...
Ocean Wise has created The Ocean Plastic Education Kit for High Schools to encourage educators to bring ocean literacy into the classroom. This easy-to-use resource provides a variety of lesson plans with curriculum connections to Chemistry, Environmental...
Child exploitation is one of the most serious ethical issues that entrepreneurs, businesses and consumers must be aware of. Child labour has been deemed as unethical and illegal globally, yet there are millions of cases around the world where children...
In this resource students work to map out the strengths and weaknesses of various solutions to the growing need for water and the quest for its conservation. Within the lesson, the students will be guided to consider the environmental, social, economical...
"Squirrels" is an easy-to-use resource that helps introduce students to animal behavior and the skills need for making wildlife observations. Through the activities included, the students are introduced to the terms of "caching" and "cache". In the preliminary...
The warm days of early Spring announce the end of a long Canadian winter and the start of the traditional maple syrup season that first began when First Nations communities discovered how to harvest the sap from maple trees. This lesson introduces...
This multimedia animation explores the environmental impact of food production. In game format it allows students to rank common foods according to three different parameters: total carbon footprint associated with the product and the water...
Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face...
Outdoor exploration and technology combine in this innovative lesson that has young students learning about the native and non-native tree species found in their community. Learners use the free Pl@ntNet app as a scientific tool that aids in tree...
In this three part lesson, students grow their understanding of the term "watershed" and how their everyday activities can have an impact on the world's oceans. In the first activity, the students create a watershed using a shower curtain, their...
Environmental Justice! is a freely-available community research guide developed as part of the Smithsonian Science Institute's Global Goals project. The guide helps young people learn more about the concerns of their community in order to communicate...
The beautiful, jewel green of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) belies the destructive force of this Asian beetle that threatens Canada's forests and trees that are essential to healthy, sustainable towns and cities. This lesson introduces students to...
In this two-day lesson students will be introduced to several issues related to the social, economic, and environmental impacts of our current food system. These include food waste, food deserts, agricultural land use, and the environmental impacts...