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Mountain Pine Beetle Mania
This is a very thorough resource that addresses the life cycle of the Mountain Pine Beetles with particular emphasis on the problems associated with cyclical outbreaks taking place in Alberta and the Western Provinces. This Canadian resource offers...
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Survival
This resource is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Animals which provides an integrated approach to the concepts of wildlife ecology and environmental and stewardship issues concerning animals, habitat, and natural history. Through the...
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Journey into New Worlds
‘Journey into New Worlds’ is the title of the first of four episodes in David Suzuki’s television series The Sacred Balance now available to teachers on DVD or VHS. The resource, The Grade 11-12 Teacher’s Guide...
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Teaching Global Sustainability in the Primary Grades
This four-lesson, ESD resource has been designed to provide primary educators with a unique, age-appropriate curriculum that addresses core concepts related to sustainability. Map of Myself: Identity and Culture Students will: explore personal...
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Conserving Water Through Art
This lesson is designed to inform students about the scarcity of water in the world and to encourage them to think about ways that they can conserve water in their own homes. Students will: Discuss the distribution of water on earth and how much water...
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Honduras: Seventh Grade-Lesson 1
Students will engage in a self-directed survey to identify reasons for the popularity of bananas, map the journey each banana must take and then write a book for younger children about bananas. They will learn about the origin of the banana, how bananas...
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The Boreal Forest: A Global Legacy
The Boreal Forest – A Global Legacy explores the natural wealth of the Boreal forest, its biodiversity, economic value and social and cultural importance. The resource helps students of all ages learn about the Boreal forest by incorporating boreal...
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Plants & Animals
This chapter is part of a larger compilation, "Keepers of the Earth", which is designed to increase students understanding of nature, and the uniqueness of plants and animals. An understanding of the interconnectedness of all things in nature is...
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Creation
Activities are designed to help students have meaningful experiences with special places in their surroundings, explore how Earth provides the things we need to live, as well as teach about conservation of tree and forests. Students will: visit a special...
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Twenty One Primary School Assemblies
This resource provides guidelines for running a purposeful primary school assembly based on ESD themes for special occasions throughout the year. Assemblies will be based on: New Year's Resolutions, Martin Luther King Day, Holocaust Memorial Day,...
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Operation Water Health
This resource contains eight lessons that explore health issues related to water. Students are encouraged to become involved on behalf of safe drinking water at home and abroad. Lessons involve reading and interpreting well-organized fact sheets,...
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Compose a Stream Song
The resource presents a novel way for students to become freshwater stewards by first becoming familiar with a stream-side environment and then creating a song about their impressions. The initial step is a field trip to a local river or stream. Students...
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Fall Monarch Migration
This resource engages students in a study of wildlife migration by tracking the fall flight of monarch butterflies to Mexico. Using an on-line tool, Canadian students track monarch butterfly sightings in early fall, along with students from the United...
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Debris Dilemma
This resource uses a video lesson, a fast-paced interactive game, and a group activity to highlight the ongoing problems that plastics and other forms of garbage create for marine environments and the animals that live there. After watching a powerful...
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The Fire of Creation
‘Fire of Creation’ is the title of the third of four episodes in David Suzuki’s television series The Sacred Balance now available to teachers on DVD or VHS. This resource, The Grade 11-12 Teacher’s Guide to Episode...
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Black Bear Ecology- Habitats and Communities
Black Bear Ecology Life Systems – Habitats and Communities focuses on educating students about the black bear habitat. This resource aims to generate awareness about black bears habitats, ecosystems and the species within; their needs, their adaptations...
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The 20/20 Planner and Teacher's Guide
Designed for schools and students in the Toronto area, the 20/20 Planner and Teacher’s Guide is part of Ontario’s “Ecoschools” environmental education program. This program addresses both education and environmental responsibility...
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The Global Garden
The Global Garden is part of a larger compilation entitled Growing Up Global: Early Years Global Education Handbook. This resource book and supporting CD demonstrates how global education can be introduced to students at a very young age (five and under)...
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The Drama of the Tides
The activities within this chapter demonstrate how creative drama, creative writing, science, music and art can be integrated into holistic experiences for enabling children to inquire into the moods, qualities and behavior of living creatures at the...
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Vision
Vision is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Animals which provides an integrated approach to the concepts of wildlife ecology and environmental and stewardship issues concerning animals, habitat, and natural history. Through the use of Native...
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