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Invasive species cause tremendous environmental damage by altering ecosystem balance, impacting water quality and reducing biodiversity. The key to mitigating the impacts of these aliens is prevention. This resource explores how invasive species...
This resource centres around the Robert Munsch book “From Far Away” that tells the true story of Saoussan, a young refugee from Lebanon who wrote a letter to the author describing her experiences as a newcomer to Canada. The fear and...
In this STEM exercise, students consider the pros and cons of using nuclear power. Tools provided to support their inquiry include a detailed article with embedded videos, current data, case studies and links to additional information that support...
Writing Letters to the Earth is an activity based resource to help students deepen their connection with the natural world and the people they are sharing it with. These resource pack includes videos, discussion questions and exercises like debates and...
This lesson plan was created to help engage teachers in reconciliation and was created to support the use of Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire’s book and CD the Secret Path, which talks about the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who died...
The Secret Path, early years lessons, is comprised of two resources that aim to engage students in learning about residential schools and to participate in an empathy simulation. In the "When We Were Alone" lesson plan template, students will participate...
In this program Van Jones uses our reliance on plastics to demonstrate the connection between environmental and social justice. The ecological damage done by the plastics industry is widely acknowledged. This presentation illustrates how plastics...
In this interactive lesson students examine adaptation and mitigation as strategies to minimize the impacts of climate change and prevent possible global catastrophe. Following an on-line lesson guide, students will: • examine evidence of changing...
This do-it-yourself resource allows students and teachers to explore the world of electric vehicles. The students complete activities that invite them to think about the modes of transport they use and see around them every day and their impact on the...
Saving Planet Earthly is the first book in a series of adventures of Thoko and her friends from around the world. They learn how climate change affects them and the plants and animals they live with. This series of books is electronic with the option...
Nibi's Water Song tells the story of a young Indigenous girl on the search for clean drinking water. When clean water cannot be found in her home, she searches her community to no avail. Even though she faces numerous challenges, Nibi does...
This book explores the importance of gender equality using a comic book format. The authors bring their character Chakra the Invincible to teach children about the global goals! Chakra takes to the streets of Mumbai to teach children a lesson on gender...
This book by Lupe Vaai demonstrates the current realities of climate change. Katalina, a determined schoolgirl, decides to take matters into her own hands. Growing up in a polluted environment, filled with dust and garbage cans, Katalina decides that...
This comic book takes students through an exciting journey following the story of three young people that can travel through time. Leslie, her brother John and their friend Adam stumbled upon a spaceship with special suits that gave them each unique power....
This book takes students through an adventure and wonderful inventive story about two young boys that aspire to better the world and protect our planet. This story is the first adventure of an Eco-Inventor Boy and his little brother, who live on a lake...
We are Water Protectors is a beautifully illustrated story of an Ojibwe girl who has been taught the importance of water by her grandmother. Her ancestors foretold of a "black snake" that would someday come and destroy the land and poison the water....
When I Was Eight tells the story of Olemaun, a young Inuit girl desperate to learn to read English. Against her father's better judgement, she is sent to school where she faces many cruelties at the hands of the nuns. In spite of the challenges she faced,...
In this lesson plan, students will have the opportunity to investigate the functions of the many structures present within the maple tree. They will also understand the relationship between sweet water harvesting and climate conditions. During the first...
I Am Not a Number recounts the story of Irene Couchie, a young Ojibwe girl who gets sent to a residential school. At school, she faces many cruelties, she is punished for speaking her native language and not allowed to use her real name. Instead, she...
The video describes the current climate crisis and the urgent need for action in order to avoid catastrophe. It provides an excellent accounting of the wide disparity in the past, present and future greenhouse gas contributions among the developed and...