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Wildlife Burrows
In Wildlife Burrows, students will create models of different wildlife burrows and examine and contrast the functions. In groups, students will research an animal that makes a burrow or den. Each team will gather information about their species, where...
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Exploring Clothes
Exploring Clothes allows the students to explore the concept of fast fashion by thinking and reflecting through questions and hands-on activities. Students will: reflect about their thoughts on fashion through a mapping activity write down their...
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The End Of The Arctic
The video examines the effect of climate change and seismic blasting on the Baffin Island community of Clyde River in the Canadian Arctic. The effect of the two is to threaten the people's traditional way of life and the continued existence of the community....
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Overpopulation:1/5
The video introduces students to a number of the key elements in the current debate between those who point to world population as the primary cause of environmental degradation and those who see over-consumption as the problem. The subtext to the debate...
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Patterns of adaptation: Observing squirrels at home
This outdoor lesson involves learners in observing squirrels in their natural environment to develop an increased awareness of ecological connections. These appealing, lively rodents are the subject of a field study where students describe the placement...
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World Population
The film provides a graphic simulation of human population growth. As the years roll by on a digtal clock from AD1 to 2030, dots light up on an illustrated map to represen the millons of people added to the population. Historic references on the screen...
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Get to Know: Insects
This well-designed outdoor activity introduces young learners to insect diversity, distribution and behavior. Working in teams of two, students are given simple collecting and observing tools and assigned two different locations to investigate and to...
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Studying Pond Creatures
This outdoor inquiry explores the fascinating underwater world of a local pond. Using simple tools, students are able to practice the science skills of observation and classification to locate and describe aquatic organisms. The lesson places a...
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How Bad Could it Get?
If we don’t work to reduce the effects of Rapid Climate Change now, how bad could things get in the future? This video looks at the projections scientists are making about the future of the planet — if we don’t take action.
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Could We Rid The World of Mosquitoes?
Using the current concern over the spread of the Zika virus as a starting point, this informative video provides a balanced discussion of the promise and pitfalls of biotechnology in controlling insect-borne diseases. In addition to Zika, the program...
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Investigating Ocean Pollution
The world's oceans are under constant threat from pollution and it is imperative that we take immediate action or the consequences could be devastating. An experiential learning approach forms the basis of this module that has students explore the properties...
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Banking Diversity
This video explains the critical role that seed saving and seed diversity play in ensuring a stable global food supply, now and into the future. They are the seeds of our survival.
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Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century
Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century is a documentary film aimed at providing a general introduction about the virtues and benefits of moving away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. The strength of the video is the peer teaching...
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A Tree's Water Cycle
This activity is perfect for an outdoor learning experience where a class can explore and move while developing their understanding of the water cycle. As students simulate water molecules travelling as precipitation into the tree and back into the atmosphere...
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How the World Can Tackle Climate Change
Rapid Climate change is a big problem. Luckily it’s one we can tackle but it will take the work of every nation on earth, especially the ones with lots of power plants, cars, factories, and other things that use large amounts of energy. This video...
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You Can Make a Difference!
Rapid Climate Change affects the whole planet. But you might be surprised to know that one person, meaning you, can make a big difference. This video will help students realize how simple it can be to make a small change in their everyday lives to help...
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David Suzuki speaks about overpopulation
David Suzuki argues that in any discusson of population, we must recognize the principle of exponential growth (when the growth rate of the value of a mathematical fuction is proportional to the function's current value). To illustrate the impact of exponential...
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Make Your Own Inuksuk
Inuksuit are stone markers that act in place of humans. The tradition of building Inuksuit is ancient and these statues of the Arctic are an iconic part of Canada's history. An Inuksuk can provide directions, tell others about good hunting...
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My Wounded Island
My Wounded Island is the story of a little girl, Imarvaluk, who is scared of the sea. Imarvaluk, whose name means "the song of the waves" in her language Inupiat, lives on the small islands north of the Bering Sea near the Arctic Circle. The sea is bewitched...
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The Breadwinner
Book one of the Breadwinner Trilogy featuring children in war-torn Afghanistan, The Breadwinner takes place in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime. The novel tells the story of Parvana, an eleven-year-old girl, surviving with her parents, her...
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