• Watershed

  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...

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• Environmental Justice!

  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...

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• Urban forests and the Emerald Ash Borer

  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...

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• Exploring the Impacts of Feeding the World

  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...

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• Respectful Collaboration to Create Sustainable Energy

  How can UNDRIP be used to guide respectful collaboration with First Nations? In this activity, students review articles from the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to better understand what respectful collaboration with...

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• Two-Eyed Seeing

  Students are introduced to the Indigenous idea of two-eyed seeing, learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge and learning to use both these...

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• Exploring Perspectives on Sustainability

  In this thought starter activity, students explore perspectives on sustainability and then use two-eyed seeing to identify the strengths of Western and Indigenous perspectives on sustainability. Students will: reflect on and suggest how they would define...

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• Nature Connections

  Students view a video about Indigenous Peoples’ connection to their land and place and reflect about their special place in nature. They share their stories and places in a talking circle and reflect on the connection to place and caring for the...

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• Indigenous Communities and Climate Resilience

  This thought starter activity provides an opportunity to open the discussion regarding Indigenous communities' roles in developing climate resilience. Students make predictions, discuss statements and use clues from the article to guide their thinking....

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• Forced to Flee

  In this simulation students will work together with a "family" as conflict strikes their peaceful community. The objective is achieve the best future possible post-conflict which includes maintaining a steady supply of food, health and money cards.  This...

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• Dear Earth... From Your Friends in Room 5

  It's January and the students in Room 5 are determined to make a difference.  A letter to our planet starts a year of correspondence where the pupils are challenged to become "Earth Heroes".  As the class takes action to make their school more...

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• Átl’ka7tsem/ Txwnéwu7ts/ Howe Sound Education Kit for Middle School

  Through a case study of Átl’ka7tsem/ Txwnéwu7ts/ Howe Sound, a UNESCO biosphere site, students will recognize how ecosystems, species, human impacts, and climate change are interconnected, and the role of Indigneous knowledge...

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• Átl’ka7tsem/ Txwnéwu7ts/ Howe Sound Education Kit for High School

  Using Átl’ka7tsem/ Txwnéwu7ts/ Howe Sound as a case study, students will recognize how ecosystems, species, human impact and climate change are interconnected. To restore and maintain the ongoing health of the coastal ocean environment...

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• Two-Eyed Seeing: Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

  As we urgently seek to regenerate the natural world, what can we learn from the original stewards of our planet? In this video, Indigenous peoples and scientists advocate for "two-eyed seeing," or uniting traditional ecological knowledge with modern science:...

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• Walking Together

  Walking Together is a beautifully illustrated picture book that introduces younger readers to Two-Eyed Seeing—the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language. As we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher,...

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• Stand Like a Cedar

  Stand Like a Cedar is a beautifully illustrated picture book that depicts a child exploring nature and honouring the past and present while connecting to her heritage and family. This beautiful journey of discovery through the wilderness explores important...

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• Our House Is On Fire

  A lonely, young girl learns how warming temperatures are negatively affecting Earth and resolves to act.  When she skips school one Friday to urge politicians to reduce fossil fuel dependence she has no idea that her one person protest will become...

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• Take A Virtual Park Visit

  Very few people have ever ventured into a glacial crevasse or flown over an active volcano.  This virtual activity provides students with an opportunity to learn from park rangers while exploring some of the most amazing natural features of five...

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• Sustainable Fishing

  Marine ecosystems around the world are constantly under threat from illegal and unregulated commercial fishing.  Overfishing results in declining fish populations, harm to vulnerable wildlife and reduced food and economic security in communities...

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• Building Better Buses: Transportation Design Challenges

  As the world population increases, so do the number of vehicles producing emissions that contribute to air pollution and climate change.  One option for reducing dependence on fossil fuels is to build sustainable transportation systems.  In...

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