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Mission: Gender Equality
Mission: Gender Equality is part of the World's Largest Lesson which brings the Global Goals to children all over the world and unites them in taking action. In this 60 minute lesson, students will: have a discussion on how it feels to feel excluded...
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Water Crisis in South Africa
Students explore the very real threat of running out of fresh water by examining the current Day Zero crisis facing the residents of Cape Town, South Africa. On or about April 12, 2018, this city of 3.7 million people will run out of drinking water....
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Seafood Education Kit Middle Years
The Seafood Education Kit Middle Years is a seven part lesson where students will be inspired to lead advocacy for sustainable seafood. The following lessons will facilitate learning about how we are connected to the ocean, how the food we extract from...
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Ocean Trash Talk
Ocean Trash Talk is a one lesson resource that helps introduce the problem of plastic in the oceans. During this lesson, students will be able to identify ways that our use of plastic is harming the ocean and will be able to brainstorm and complete specific...
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Water is Life
This resource is divided into 4 lessons that can be used individually or as part of a unit. Lesson 1: WATER IS LIFE This activity will help students connect with the role water plays in their lives and develop a relationship of respect, care and reciprocity...
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Global Food Challenge
Global food issues are complex. While supplies have surpassed population growth, 821 million people still go to bed hungry every night. This resource allows students to better understand how global supply chains currently work, where our food comes from,...
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Introduction to Personal Genetics
This resource explores new advances in genetics and their potential to impact in significant ways, our personal lives, medical decision making and society. With information provided through video, slide presentations, print articles and case studies,...
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Stand With Refugees
Imagine your life, your home, your livelihood and your community were destroyed in the chaos of conflict or disaster. Imagine you and your family were running for your lives with just the few possessions you could carry. Imagine you took the agonizing...
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Climate Challenge for 11 to 14 year olds
Students explore the human impact of climate change, how communities around the world are being affected and how some people are responding to these challenges. Throughout this inquiry there are opportunities for students to share what they have learned...
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DeforestACTION
DeforestACTION has as its goal that students become inspired by the wonders of the forest, informed of the causes and consequences of deforestation at the local and global level and involved with other students in creating a global action plan against...
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Sampling Biodiversity in the Schoolyard
In completing this well-developed lesson plan, students will conduct field investigations using a quadrat area study method to analyze the abundance, density, distribution, and biodiversity of plants growing in their schoolyard. They will learn how to...
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Global Schools Program Grade 10
Over the course of these lessons, students will identify their own values, explore how they express those values through their actions, and go out into their communities to see how they can contribute to solving real-world problems. Lesson 1- My Self Lesson...
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Global Schools Program Grade 12
The lessons focus on how students can apply the knowledge they have gained over the past twelve years. They explore opportunities for affecting positive changes in their future careers, service, and everyday lives and hopefully become inspired to continue...
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Spark Climate Conversations: Climate Justice in the Canadian Artic
In this activity, through guided conversations, learners will identify ways that climate change is disproportionately affecting the livelihood of the Inuit in the Arctic. Through inquiry, learners will examine how climate change disproportionately...
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Earth Matters: Population Dynamics
This classroom resource examines population growth patterns, human demographics and the concept of carrying capacity. Through a series of lessons and activities students explore the past, present and future impacts of human population growth. Students...
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Tracking Aliens
Students conduct a field study to investigate, record and analyse the presence of native, non-native and invasive species in a selected local environment. By focusing on identifying and observing the variety of species found in the local environment,...
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Conserving Canada's Marine Biodiversity
The activities provided in this resource have the goal of helping students become passionate about Canada’s oceans, raise awareness of conservation issues, and bring Canada’s oceans just a little bit closer to home. The portion of the resource...
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The Water Walker Teacher's Guide
This teacher's guide serves as a companion to the book The Water Walker. The guide provides a number of learning opportunities with the Ojibwe language, social activism, character education and social studies. Also included are discussion...
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Perils of Plastic
Students learn about the world's largest "landfill," make a connection to their own lives, and calculate how much trash they generate in a week, a year, ten years.
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Polar Bears and the Arctic
Polar Bears and the Arctic is a resource comprised of five age appropriate activities which focus on climate change in the Arctic. Activity 1 - Where in the world is the Arctic? The students use a globe, a map and photographs to identify the Arctic region...
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