Resources

• Winter is Coming!

  This resource teaches students about the seasonal adaptations of local wildlife through a diverse set of activities that incorporate games, displays and habitat investigations.  Students examine the changes in appearance and behaviour that occur...

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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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• The Boreal Forest: A Global Legacy- Vol. 7

  This resource provides 8 lessons (primary to grade 12) on topics related to the Boreal Forest including the role of forests in sheltering and supporting wildlife species in Canada. The lessons follow the Pan-Canadian curriculum and...

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• Tricky Tracks

  This innovative outdoor activity combines science and art as students explore visual clues left behind by animals. Critical thinking skills are used to identify wildlife tracks, hypothesize what the animals may have been doing and make predictions about...

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• Tracks in the Snow....in the Classroom?

  This resource offers a number of engaging activities in which students identify and interpret animal tracks left behind in the snow.  The learning can take place in a near-by natural area, the schoolyard and the classroom. The resource provides direct...

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• Providing a Backyard Feeding Station for Birds

  This easy to implement activity provides students and teachers with a blueprint for building a winter bird-feeding station.  Using readily available and inexpensive materials, students create different types of feeders to attract a variety of over-wintering...

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• Owl Moon

  On a winter's night a young girl accompanies her father into the woods to go on an owling adventure.  She patiently waits as her father tries to attract a great-horned owl with his calls.  Just when the girl thinks she has had enough and is...

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• In the Snow: Who's Been Here?

  With its stunning illustrations and simple text this book will engage and amuse students while they learn about animal signs.  On a chilly winter day Cammy and William go sledding in the woods near their home.  As they pass through the trees...

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• Sizing Up Winter

  Sizing Up Winter is the third book in the Math and Nature series. The story introduces the concepts of time and measurement through interactive problem solving scenarios, while educating students about the natural world. Nature comes alive through the...

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