Resources

• Through Mala's Eyes

  Through Mala's Eyes takes a look at the Inuit community and helps students understand and appreciate one of the diverse cultures that exist within Canada. This resource looks at the life of an Inuit community in northern Quebec, through the eyes of Mala,...

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• A Teacher's Guide for the Video Sila Alangotok - Inuit Observations on Climate Change

  Sila Alangotok- Inuit Observations on Climate Change is a teacher’s guide to the video of the same name that chronicles the work of Canadian researchers who spent a year in Sach’s Harbour learning about the effects of climate change from the...

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• Celebration

  Celebration is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Animals which provides an integrated approach to the concepts of wildlife ecology and environmental and stewardship issues concerning animals, habitat, and natural history. Through the use of...

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• Fire

  Activities are designed to incorporate Indigenous legend into the investigation of energy for life.  The chapter explores the nature of energy and its many forms including fire.  Attention is also paid to the importance of conserving energy. Students...

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• Wind and Weather

  Students take part in a series of lessons and activities designed to show the importance of wind and weather.  Students will explore Indigenous and conventional science perspectives regrading the causes and benefits of the wind and weather. ...

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• Plants & Animals

  This chapter is part of a larger compilation, "Keepers of the Earth", which is designed to increase students understanding of nature, and the uniqueness of plants and animals.  An understanding of the interconnectedness of all things in nature is...

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• Unity of Earth

  A series of activites which are designed to teach students respect and to live in ways that honour the interconnectedness of all things.                                  Students...

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• Creating a Three Sisters Garden

  Students investigate the Native tradition of planting beans, corn and squash together, or what was commonly referred to as "Three Sisters", as they explore gardening and planting. Students will: plant an indoor or outdoor Three Sisters Garden and maintain...

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• Operation Water Flow - Social Studies

  Students will understand and replicate a First Nation's medicine  wheel and link its imagery to water quality issues. Students will explore notions of basic human needs and link them to statistical measures of income. Students will explore...

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• Canada's Boreal Forest: Tradition and Transition

  This nine-lesson resource targeted for both middle school (lessons 1,2,4,5,6) and high school (lessons 3,7,8,9), promotes an understanding of the importance of the Canadian Boreal Forest in terms of its biodiversity, unique habitats, and wealth of...

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• Canada's Forests: All Things Big and Small

  This resource examines the biodiversity and the complexity of the various life forms that make up Canadian forests. The emphasis is on helping students appreciate the relationships and interdependence of all species in this ecosystem.  Students learn...

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• Native Species: Nature's Choice

  This resource examines the impact of invasive species on habitats, biodiversity and the web of life. Five lessons offer hands-on, inquiry-based learning activities to raise student awareness of alien species and the need to restore native species....

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• A Loonie For Your Thoughts

  This classroom resource explores the dependence of living things on their surrounding environment and the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems. Students learn about the different life requirements of the Common Loon and are introduced to the importance...

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• The Learning Circle (Ages 4 to 7)

  This primary resource is the first in a series of four classroom guides about First Nations people in Canada. The resource is organized in thematic units, each with its own teaching activities. The themes include: Storytelling, The Seasons, Sharing, Colours,...

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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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• Sweet Deal

  Developed to support a class excursion to the sugar bush, this resource offers specific suggestions to help link the experience to the curriculum. Prior to the field trip students chart temperatures and predict when the sap will start running.  At...

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• The Sacred Balance Part 11

  Sacred Balance part II "celebrates a new scientific world-view, an inclusive vision of nature in which we human beings are intimately connected to all life processes on Earth". Our physical bodies consists of the four sacred element - air, fire water,...

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• Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Weather Perspectives

  This four lesson resource was designed to support the Science 10 weather unit.  Lessons examine cultural perspectives on weather and weather predictions with an emphasis on the aboriginal oral history of weather translating. Four activities are included...

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• Walking with the Earth- Pimohtiwin

  This resource uses a nature walk to explore cultural perspectives on sustainability and to examine biodiversity within local ecosystems. First Nations beliefs and ideologies, about the interconnectedness of all things on planet earth are used as a springboard...

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