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Building a Vermicomposter is an action toolkit that engages teachers and students in community and school-based environmental action projects. This comprehensive resource provides teachers with a variety of hands-on learning activities which include...
Reusable Bags is a series of interesting activities through which students become acquainted with the concept of reusing. The resource emphasizes reducing and reusing over recycling. Students take action to decrease the number of plastic bags in...
After learning about the negative effects of vehicle idling, students monitor traffic at their school to determine if idling is an important local issue. Students analyze their data and assuming idling is an issue, document their findings through...
Students are introduced to the environmental, social and economic implications of our current global food system. They examine and compare the various sources of our food from a systems perspective to appreciate the environmental, health and economic...
This kit was created to thread sustainability-related knowledge, skills and attitudes throughout the Ontario grade nine geography course. While the kit consists of separate modules designed to match the conventional units of study in the Ontario...
Reusable Bags is an action toolkit resource emphasizing the importance of reusing in reducing waste and conserving resources, even more so than recycling. Students take action to decrease the number of plastic bags in circulation by constructing their...
This ESD resource has students analyze the global food system from a ‘systems’ perspective to develop a better understanding of the important issues related to where their food comes from. Part. A. Students watch a video that explores...
This ESD resource focuses on a sustainable approach to managing organic waste. Students explore the environmental, social and economic aspects of waste disposal and apply what they have learned by building and operating a vermicomposter. This action toolkit...
This engaging outdoor activity will allow students to experience first hand the stress that winter places on many of our iconic animal species. Building on the Late February Nature Guide's example of white-tailed deer this simulation allows students...
A Million Bottles a Minute is an educational program designed to raise awareness of the single-use plastic issue. The resource provides students with an overview of the plastics problem through a variety of engaging and hands-on activities. Students learn...
This guide will provide educators with a blend of quality content (resources, websites, books, videos and ideas) and exemplary pedagogy to guide students through an inquiry-driven approach to climate change learning. It draws upon seven key strategies...
This resource is part of a series of toolkits that provide educators with activities, books and learning strategies for reflection and thinking about the Pandemic experience. The focus is on fundamental concepts that will help students move forward with...
Thinking Forward for grades 2-5 is part of a series of toolkits that provide educators with activities, books and learning strategies for reflection and thinking about the Pandemic experience. The focus is on fundamental concepts that will help students...
Thinking Forward, a discussion toolkit for middle school is part of a series that provide educators with activities, books and learning strategies for reflection and thinking about the Pandemic experience. Each session focuses on fundamental concepts...
Thinking Forward, a discussion toolkit for secondary school students is part of a back-to-school toolkit series that provide educators with activities and learning strategies for reflection and thinking about the Pandemic experience. Each session focuses...
Empowering the Youngest Learners in a Warming World K-2 was developed to support teachers in approaching climate change in an age-appropriate way with young students. This resource is a comprehensive guide to climate change education with five different...
Empowering Young Learners in a Warming World 3-6 was developed to support teachers in approaching climate change in an age-appropriate way with young students. This resource is a comprehensive guide to climate change education with five different...
This resource provides teachers with three inquiries intended to support students through building an understanding of the science of climate change. The learning takes place through inquiries from questions generated by students, which is authentic and...
Many regions across Canada are already experiencing the effects of climate change. Ecosystems, such as the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, are changing rapidly, and animals’ habitats are changing faster than they can adapt. Without intervention,...