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Adaptation
This rap video will get students on their feet while teaching them how adaptations help animals survive in a particular habitat. Featuring the camel with all of its neat structural features, the catchy tune will soon have a class singing along as...
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What's Native and We're Being Invaded - Two Lessons for Young Learners
What's Native and We're Being Invaded are two complimentary lessons that introduce students to the topic of invasive species through hands-on activities that focus on plants. The learning by doing approach is particularly appealing and fosters an...
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Winston of Churchill
Just like his famous namesake, Winston the polar bear is a leader and fighter whose cause is global warming and its impacts on the ice of Hudson's Bay. Winston knows that to save his home he must educate the human visitors who come to observe the...
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The Secret of the First One Up
Lila the groundhog is curious about the early awakening of her Uncle Wilbur each year. As she snuggles into her cozy bed for her long winter sleep Lila is determined to solve the mystery by being the first one up. Sure enough she rises before...
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The Monarch Migration
In this engaging simulation, students become monarch butterflies and experience the challenges of the fall journey to Mexico. After discussing what migration is and why different species migrate, students follow a script that introduces different...
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Acid Rain. Where Have all the Rainbows Gone?
This resource introduces students to the basics of pH in the context of acid rain precipitation and the environmental damage it causes. It also allows students to gain an understanding of the underlying social and economic dimensions of the...
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Race to Displace
In this ESD board game students assume the characteristics of native or introduced plants to experience first-hand the influence of species interactions and changing environmental conditions on ecosystems. It also provides an excellent framework for exploring...
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The Invaders: Video
This short video explores the issue of invasive species. Focusing on the zebra mussel, the film effectively demonstrates the environmental and economic damage that can result from the introduction of this and other non-native species. Attention...
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Rain Check: A Guide For Stormwater Action
This guide for taking action provides an opportunity to engage students in a service learning project. They investigate how storm water run-off can effect the water cycle, ecosystem preservation, flooding, pollution and the quality of their drinking water....
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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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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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Natural Gas: A Cleaner Energy Solution or Just Another Fossil Fuel?
Students explore current information about natural gas and compare its greenhouse gas emissions to those of other fossil fuels. They take positions and debate the question: Should we expand our use of natural gas as an energy resource, using it...
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How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate
The internet and other media offer an over abundance of information and opinions about climate change. The challenge is to ensure our youth are provided with authentic evidence that supports informed decision making. This book introduces young...
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Girls Who Looked Under Rocks
Through the personal stories of six remarkable women this book teaches young people that taking the time to observe our natural world will reward us with amazing discoveries. From the lesser known Maria Merian to the well-known Jane Goodall, all...
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Global Water and Sanitation Curriculum
Global Water and Sanitation Awareness Curriculum consists of a number of activities (water usage survey,creative writing, art projects, simulations,action plans) designed to raise student awareness of the unequal availability and use of water, the...
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Why Care About Water?
The aim of the video is to convey a simple, urgent message. There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there was when the dinosaurs roamed. Just less than one percent of the planet's water is available to meet the daily drinking water, sanitation...
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Water: The Drop of Life
The video aims to make two essential points. First. the global well is threatened. While the amount of water in the well has remained constant, the claim is that water is increasing to meet the demands of the growth in agriculture, industry and population...
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Nature's Partners - Pollination, Plants and You
This comprehensive set of seven learning modules introduces students to the fascinating relationship between plants and pollinating insects. Throughout the detailed biological investigation of bees, moths and butterflies there is an emphasis on...
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Biodiversity and Climate Change
The video explores the chain of cause and effect that links climate change to a loss of biodiversity and concludes with an outline of possible responses aimed at mitigating this effect. The link between cause (climate change) and effect (loss of biodiversity)...
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