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The Story of Electronics
The Story of Electronics employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution's collateral damage - 25 millon tons of e-waste and counting with public workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the...
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Stay Connected to Nature
This set of activity cards provides an effective and engaging tool to help connect our youngest learners to the natural world. Each activity allows students to experience a different aspect of nature unfolding in their immediate surroundings. ...
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Wind Power
In this video, students learn about the benefits and limitations of wind power technologies and how modern wind turbines transform wind energy into electrical energy by capturing wind to turn an electrical generator. Students will also learn that wind...
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The Waste Cycle
During this episode, students will be shown different cycles of waste and discuss their implication on our planet. The video explains what happens to recyclables, waste and compostable matter when it leaves our homes by analysing the cycle of a plastic...
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BT Corn
Scientists are now able to insert the gene Bacillius thuringiensis or Bt into farmer's crops in order to prevent hostile takeovers by pests But what happens when the pest become resistant and prevail to such an extent that Bt in the form of spray, used...
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Frogs: The Thin Green Line
This video explores how agricultural pesticides like Atrazine are impacting frog populations in California. Noted amphibian researcher Tyrone Hayes discusses the fascinating yet troublesome ability of these substances to act as endocrine disruptors. ...
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Adaptation to Climate Change Around the World
In this short video, students will travel across the globe to discover how different populations are affected by climate change. They will also take a look at how countries have come up with different solutions in order to adapt. During this video, students...
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Deer in The Yard
This engaging outdoor activity will allow students to experience first hand the stress that winter places on many of our iconic animal species. Building on the Late February Nature Guide's example of white-tailed deer this simulation allows students...
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Sid the Science Kid - Beautiful Trees
The class will soon be singing along and enjoying this fun music video that highlights trees. Sid, Gerald and Dad are on a backyard camp-out when they launch into the lyrics that identify all of the wonderful things trees provide us. This...
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How Much Plastic Waste do we Create?
In this short video, students will take a look at how a cargo ship hit a storm and tumbled over, releasing plastic into the ocean, 28 800 bath toys to be exact. The bath toys started to wash ashore in multiple parts of the world, but most ended up in...
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Why the Ocean Matters
Covering 72% of the Earth, the oceans supply half of its oxygen, regulate the climate, and provide much of our food and recreational opportunities. The ocean is our planet's support system and it is in danger. We have lost 90% of the big fish in the sea,...
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Branching Out for a Green Economy
This short animated film, narrated by actor/director/producer and Academy Award winner Sir David Attenborough, highlights the role forests can play in national development, a green economy and climate change. It also reviews the current situation and...
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Think globally, act locally
When hearing about climate change, people sometime believe and feel like only grand actions that require a lot of time, money, intelligence and abilities will help solve the problem. In this video students will realize that every small gesture can, in...
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The Sacred Balance, Part 1
The Sacred Balance examines our place in the natural world in the light of the sweeping environmental changes and the advances in scientific knowledge. Part 1 argues that we have lost the perspective of our indigenous ancestors who saw the world...
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The Shape of Things
This inventive math activity uses outdoor play to develop the spatial skills of young students as they compare and contrast the shapes of natural objects. The integrated and inclusive approach includes science and language arts outcomes to develop...
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People and Plants
These outdoor activities and workbook aim to connect students with their local environment. They will learn about local wild plants and traditional and modern uses of plants in everyday life. In Activity 1, the students will learn the parts of a...
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A Walk on the Tundra
This delightful story about family traditions portrays young Inuujaq who sees nothing exciting about accompanying her grandmother on a walk into the tundra. Lagging behind the old woman and grumbling about being hungry, Inuujaq is surprised when...
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Claire and her Grandfather
Claire and her Grandfather is a First Nations story designed to raise awareness of the many historical and contemporary contributions of First Nations and Inuit people to Canada and the world. The story portrays a discussion between young Claire...
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A Journey Through the Circle of Life
A Journey Through the Circle of Life honours the Métis tradition of respecting the wisdom of elders with this unique bond between a Métis child and her grandfather. Grandfather, Pépère lives on a farm and every chance his granddaughter,...
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Tree of Life
This non-fiction book provides a fascinating introduction to the way we classify and sort the millions of living organisms found on our planet. Ecological interdependence is visually represented by a single tree and students will be surprised to...
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