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Connecting Biodiversity to the Science 10 Curriculum Through Inquiry
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,...
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Fish Market Survey
The Fish Market Research Resource aims to educate students on the issue of seafood substitutions in supermarkets by reading articles, collecting fish samples for DNA bar coding and discussing the impacts and the implications of market substitutions. Using...
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Bridges that Unite
This resource encourages students to deepen their understanding of global poverty—to see our connections to the rest of the world, to explore the roots of inequities and to understand the importance of assistance that preserves human dignity, values...
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Seeking Refuge: Understanding Refugees in Canada
This lesson plan is intended to introduce students to the concept of refugee protection. Students will define and appreciate what it means to be a refugee; demonstrate an understanding of rights and responsibilities with regard to refugees; and develop, through...
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Renewables are Ready: A Guide to Teaching Renewable Energy
This is a book available as a PDF file. The preface and introductory sections serve as background information for the teacher on the history of renewable energy use and the need to teach students about it. There is a compilation of activities which have...
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A Whale's Tale
The short video "A Whale's Tale" and its companion lesson plan will teach the students that even the smallest creatures can make a difference when working together to combat plastics in the ocean. The video tells the story of how marine plastics threaten...
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Everyday Objects
Everyday Objects is an inquiry-based learning resource in which an investigation of commonly used materials is used to begin a discussion and understanding of sustainable development. As students explore the design, composition and manufacture of items...
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Quagmire
Quagmire is a role-playing game that simulates a real situation: whether or not to destroy a salt marsh to build a highway, or protect the marsh from development. Participating in a debate, students take on the roles of various stakeholders such as government,...
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Give Water A Hand
The Give Water A Hand program is presented in two books which can be downloaded as pdf files. The Action Guide presents a stepwise process to organize and carry out an action-oriented project to protect and preserve watershed resources. The...
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Global Schools Program Grade 6
In this grade 6, five part lesson, students will adopt a critical lens towards concepts of community and the value of diversity within a community. They will begin to explore how privilege, inequality, power dynamics, and social justice play into their...
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One in Eight
One in Eight explores the importance of food and nutrition in the world, why it is a basic need as well as a human right, and how food waste is increasingly linked to hunger and what we can do about it. This review is limited to sections one and...
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Stepping Stones for the Sustainable Development Goals
The purpose of this resource is to provide a tool for students to understand the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to take meaningful action on those Goals. This Workbook is structured to provide educators and learners an introduction to the SDGs...
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Electric Vehicle
The electric vehicle (EV) lessons will teach students about the history of EVs, the types of EV's, the battery technology, the emissions, and how to buy one. There are five presentations included in the EV lesson. These presentations can be taught...
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Healthy Youth, Healthy Community ( Grades 9-12)
This ESD classroom resource introduces students to healthy living habits for themselves as well as their community. They demonstrate their knowledge by participating in various activities that encourage healthy food choices, exercising and helping others...
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Canada in a Changing Climate: The Living World
This resource aims to educate students about the impact of climate change on food production in Canada. The activities encourage students to take a critical look at the various threats that contribute to climate change and to find solutions to the problem. Using...
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Global Schools Program Grade 3
The Global Schools Program for Grade 3 aims to teach students about the origin of food, the systems that distribute it and how it impacts the lives of people around the world. The resource is comprised of five lessons. Lesson 1 Origins of Food:...
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Community Conversations for Climate Change
In this two-part lesson plan, the students will work towards an understanding of climate change and then engage in a conversation with guests to the classroom to understand the changes to their area. In part one of the lesson, the students participate...
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A Flush Away from the Field
In this inquiry students explore the relationship between their everyday lives and farming. The connections among human consumption, pollution, waste mitigation and agriculture are established through a number of varied activities arranged in four...
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The Plastic We Eat
The Plastic We Eat is the third resource from 10 000 Changes in which students will discuss what they eat, where their food comes from, and how that food is transported from the source to their homes. Through a series of activities, the resource aims...
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Explore and Embrace a Special Wild Place: Gr. 6-8
With these activities the students discover their own special wild spaces, where they can explore their relationship with the outdoors and develop an appreciation for the natural world. In Activity #1, the students take a field trip to find their own...
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