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Through the eyes of the people being impacted, this film chronicles the redevelopment of an inner city neighbourhood, the displacement of its low income residents and the ultimate loss of a community that has nurtured and supported its members for decades. ...
Four activities in this kit address the nature of invertebrates and include the concepts of metamorphosis, bio-indication, environmental stressors, water quality, species identification, using identification keys, habitats and human impact on the...
Cloudwatchers is an easy to use resource that exposes young students to the different cloud formations and their meanings. The resource employs inquiry-based learning with questioning, exploration and self-discovery. Through a variety of activities, students...
This program offers a comprehensive examination of climate adaptation. After identifying the role of mitigation in slowing the impact of climate change, the video shifts its attention to adaptation. Interviews with climate scientists effectively...
The TDSB'S Youth Climate Action Guide was designed to support youth in mobilizing their communities toward climate action. The guide offers resources and strategies to help students implement climate action initiatives that are responsive and sensitive...
This activity brings home the concept of how far and how arduous this annual migration is for birds. It is a role play activity of sorts where the participants are specific bird species that must leave their breeding ground get to their wintering ground...
The Plastic Cycle Story is an interactive tool that takes students through how plastic interacts with our environment, above and under the water. The interactive infographic allows students to learn how plastics move through different parts of our water...
Micro-hiking invites students to go on an outdoors 'mini hike' and explore a very small (one metre!) habitat through the eyes of a mini-person of their choice. The mini-person can be as simple as a stick figure made of toothpicks but should be no larger...
The Carbon Dioxide Game is a fun, active way to explain the greenhouse effect and human contribution to global climate change. The activity is played in several rounds. For round one, two students will be CO2 molecules and will be placed in the Earth's...
Young Billy adores his wasteful electronic gadgets and is utterly dismayed when the power goes out in the middle of his best video game. As his mother explains the brown-out, Billy suddenly realizes that he can help save electricity. Once...
This book presents beautiful photographs of people from around the world gathering water. The text that accompanies each photograph is minimal, but supplies the basic message that “Everyone everywhere…enjoys a drink of water.” ...
During the monsoon season, Iqbal's mother must cook over an open flame inside the family home in spite of the fact that it makes some of the family members sick. When Iqbal hears of the district science fair and its theme of "sustainability", he...
This book presents beautiful photographs of people around the globe doing their part to contribute to a peaceful world. The text is simple, yet efficient in sending the message to students that it is not just the responsibility of adults...
Searching for Cicadas is a recent addition to the Nature Storybook series that present factual information within a storybook frame. A young boy and his grandfather set off for an overnight trip in a local camping area. They plant to look for cicadas...
This book effectively delivers a powerful message that despite all of the differences that people may have, we are all the same deep down. The author explains that there are children all over the world who may look different, live in different...
This book begins with a young girl reflecting on the “ugliness” she sees when looking around her inner city neighborhood. In her attempt to find something positive within this urban landscape, she polls those around her on the things...
The books tells the true story of Henry Brown, a slave who mailed himself to freedom. After watching his family be sold as slaves, Brown visits an abolitionist who figures out a way to protect Henry from the impending slave auction. He...
This book encourages students to look at the natural world around them through a different lens. Text and pictures are used to follow the journey of a single tree throughout an entire year. The author weaves thoughts and emotions into the text...
In this whimsical tale a young boy transforms a dreary city from a lifeless concrete landscape to a bountiful green space by nurturing nature. Liam's passion for gardening soon galvanizes other residents into helping him realize his dream of a city...
This book strives to develop understanding and appreciation for diversity. It includes detailed descriptions of objects that are depicted on black pages. The objects described are illustrated only with embossed lines that force readers...