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Call of the Wild 5-8
What could be more fun than going out after dark to listen to the remarkable vocalizations of frogs and toads? This activity prepares students for such an experience with learning tasks that explore the biological purposes of various frog calls,...
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Communities Divided Over Natural Gas Drilling
The film explores an Associated Press report on the issue of "fracking" - the process by which natural gas is released when rock formations beneath the earth's surface are fractured. The video serves to identify the concerns of those who oppose the process...
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Fall Leaf Globe
In this engaging activity, students collect fall leaves from the schoolyard or beyond and use them to design and construct a globe that can be hung over a light to create a unique and attractive display. The resource includes easy-to-follow...
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Massive Migrations K-8
The mysteries of bird migration come to life in this activity that takes a class outside to model the movement of North American bird species between their wintering habitat and Arctic nesting grounds. As students "fly" along migration pathways, they...
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Three Hundred Years of Fossil Fuels in Three Hundred Seconds
This video uses a series of simple graphics to trace our dependence on fossil fuels from coal and the Industrial Revolution to our current (according to the authors) situation, characterized by increasing population and industrialism, leading to increased...
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Measuring Microclimates
In Measuring Microclimates, students will explore how different areas of the school grounds are affected by weather and climate. To prepare students, discuss which areas of the school grounds might be prone to the influence of temperature and wind....
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Buy it, Use it, Break it, Junk it, It's Toxic
The video consists of a lively combination of images and audio focusing on the issue of e-waste. A series of visuals provides data on the amount of electronic products we buy, their shelf life, and the toxic waste emitted when they are disassembled. The...
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Carbon - The Short and the Long
This fun outdoor game introduces students to the importance of Carbon as a building block of all life and the fundamental role of the carbon cycle in sustaining a healthy planet. As the class moves carbon particles between air, plants, animals and soil...
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Global Goals String Activity
This easy to implement activity provides an effective demonstration of the interconnectedness that characterizes the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Students representing individual ‘goals’ arrange themselves randomly in a...
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The Least Deadliest Catch
Fish stocks around the world are being depleted at an alarming rate, and yet growing populations are more dependent on these vital food sources than ever. The Water Brothers venture to the East Coast of the US and Canada to witness first-hand how overfishing...
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Climate Change in Great Bear Lake
This short documentary was produced for the Déline Renewable Resources Council in collaboration with the elders of Déline, NT. It focuses on the elders' traditional ecological knowledge of the impacts of climate change on Great Bear Lake,...
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Signs of Fall
Students participate in a guided walk through the schoolyard, their neighbourhood or any area where there are trees and signs of fall are evident. Prior to the outing, students learn about some of the differences between evergreen and deciduous...
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The Wasteland
CBS 60 Minutes follows the "recycling" of e-waste from Denver Colorado to a community in southern China. In the process they uncover an underground network of illegal smuggling that starts with American consumers "doing the right thing" in dropping...
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Animal Seed Dispersal Game
In this outdoor activity, students learn how some trees use animals to disperse their seeds and how plant biology has evolved to rely upon squirrels collecting acorns and burying them in the ground. The game gets students thinking about how large seed...
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Moja Island
Moja Island is a small island off the East African Coast which like many remote regions does not have electricity. Access to power provides more opportunities for work and school which helps alleviate poverty. This lesson has students consider...
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Watch Me Grow!
Watch Me Grow reveals how more and more city dwellers are growing their own food. Its photographs effectively show the different applications of urban farming including community rooftop, window sill and backyard gardens. Wonderful images ...
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Owl Moon
On a winter's night a young girl accompanies her father into the woods to go on an owling adventure. She patiently waits as her father tries to attract a great-horned owl with his calls. Just when the girl thinks she has had enough and is...
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Neekna and Chemai
The special relationship between First Nations peoples and Mother Earth is honoured in this traditional story about two young girls discovering their cultural identity. As their community travels to seasonal food gathering camps, Neekna and Chemai share...
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Waiting for Wings
In this book poetry takes the young reader through all of the life stages of a butterfly from egg to adult. Once the butterflies have emerged, the story then follows the insects as they look for the flowers that provide them with the nectar they...
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Chanda's Secrets
This stirring novel vividly describes the tragedy of the South African HIV/AIDS crisis through the story of Chanda and her family. As they struggle to exist in unimaginable poverty, the hardship of daily life often defeats Chanda's mother and step-father...
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