• Movers, Sleepers, and Tough Guys: Wildlife in Winter

  As Canadians we know winter is tough, but imagine what our native wildlife must go through!  This lesson uses appealing activities to develop an understanding of winter survival mechanisms in animals.  An active outdoor component also engages...

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• Snow Characteristics

  In this outdoor inquiry students investigate how the depth and composition of snow can determine its insulating effects.  After digging a snow pit, the air temperature is measured and the temperature and composition of the snow are recorded at regular...

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• Provide 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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• Journey to the Subnivean Zone

  Using a combination of animation and live action, this highly entertaining program demonstrates a number of key adaptations that enable some well-known species to survive in the harsh conditions presented by Canadian winters. Attention is paid to how...

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• Can Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change?

  With rising temperatures and seas, massive droughts, and changing landscapes, successfully adapting to climate change is increasingly important. For humans, this can mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and animals, adapting to...

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• Take Action for Nature and Your Community

  This unique resource offers teachers a ready to use set of tools to examine climate change, particularly how it is affecting Alaska's ecosystem. This resource is based on powerful videos and reflection questions so students really grasp the issues presented....

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• Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

  Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change is the world’s first Inuktitut-language film on the topic of climate change. The film is an intimate portrait of Inuit life told in the voices of Inuit elders and hunters, who detail the social and...

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• Winter Storms

  Major snowfalls are generally associated with winter storm systems that move across the country. The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate the relationship between the areas of heavy snowfall and the movement of the winter cyclone air masses. Students...

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• The Great Monarch Migration

  The annual migration of Monarch Butterflies between Mexico and Canada is an amazing adaptation strategy. What makes this event even more remarkable is that the butterflies that arrive in Mexico are not the same individuals that departed the Canadian breeding...

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• Evergreens in Winter

  How often do we really stop and look at trees and consider their uniqueness and exceptional value? Clean air, fresh water, biodiversity and a healthy climate all depend on thriving forests. This activity provides children with the opportunity to personally...

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• The Future of Birds in a Changing Climate

  This episode of the Parks Canada "Field Notes" film series shows wildlife ecologists conducting field research to explore how climate change may be impacting birds and their habitats in Torngat Mountains National Park.  From the experiments that...

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• National Parks Can Help Birds Adapt to Climate Change

  The curious and resourceful Canada Jay is a year round resident of northern coniferous forests and makes use of frozen food caches to survive the long winter months.  This short film uses this species to illustrate how a warming climate is shrinking...

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