• What is an Aquifier Anyway?

  In this activity the class creates a model of the subsurface showing what aquifers are and how they can be contaminated as the result of activities and processes taking place on the land's surface.  Students are able to see first-hand how human actions...

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• Canada's Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters- Vol. 6 (Gr.9-12)

  Canada’s Forest & Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters, Volume 6 is a K to 12 teaching kit that explores the role our forests play in sustaining freshwater resources.  The final five of the eight lessons in the kit are appropriate for use...

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• Exploring the Seashore With Children

  A series of activities to be used as a starting point for exploring and investigating the seashore with young children. Students become aware of the unique habitat and needs of seashore creatures. This chapter is intended to be taught in conjunction with...

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• The Drama of the Tides

  The activities within this chapter demonstrate how creative drama, creative writing, science, music and art can be integrated into holistic experiences for enabling children to inquire into the moods, qualities and behavior of living creatures at the...

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• When the Tide is High, the Table is Set

  Students and teachers are encouraged to complete these activities in conjunction with a larger seashore study, where students have the opportunity to visit the seashore and make observations at various times throughout the unit. Students take part in...

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• Water

  The activities in this resource are designed to teach students about the properties of water, as well as the importance of protecting our water supply. Students will: read and listen to Indigenous legends depicting the importance of water to human...

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• Treat it Right!® Storm Water

  In Treat It Right!® Storm Water students learn how storm water is managed and treated in the City of Edmonton. The concepts are explored through a series of lessons which inform the students how storm water must be managed to prevent flooding and...

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• Treat it Right!® Wastewater

  In Treat It Right! Wastewater students are challenged to think about how to change their actions and those of their families to protect the environment by learning about what to flush and dump down the drain. Students learn how water is managed and treated...

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• My Water, Your Water, Our Water

  This resource addresses themes in geography and instills the virtues of philanthropy and stewardship. Learners discover the role of individuals, business, industry, government and the non-profit sector in reducing pollution and cleaning our...

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• Water Splash: An Early Years Education Pack About Water

  This ESD resource helps young children explore the essential role that water plays in their lives, the availability of water to children in parts of the developing world, and the choices they can make in relation to responsible water use. Students...

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• Operation Water Health

  This resource contains eight lessons that explore health issues related to water. Students are encouraged to become involved on behalf of safe drinking water at home and abroad.  Lessons involve reading and interpreting well-organized fact sheets,...

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• Operation Water Flow- Biology

  This resource contains three lessons which deal with the issue of unsafe drinking water by focusing on the role that viruses and bacteria play in contaminating water. Activities include two simulations- one modelling pathogen transmission in a population,...

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• Sum of the Parts

  In Sum of the Parts students define point and non-point pollution and consider how their choices contribute to pollution and shaping the world they live in. Students are given a riverfront piece of land and one million dollars to develop it with. They...

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• Debris Dilemma

  This resource uses a video lesson, a fast-paced interactive game, and a group activity to highlight the ongoing problems that plastics and other forms of garbage create for marine environments and the animals that live there. After watching a powerful...

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• Water and Sanitation for All: Bringing the Issue Home

  Water and Sanitation for All consists of three lessons designed to raise awareness of the issues facing children with inadequate access to clean water or sanitation facilities.  Lesson 1: Students explore through reading and discussion, the “big...

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• Water and Sanitation for All: Bringing the Issue Home

  Water and Sanitation for All is a unit of three lessons designed to raise awareness of the problems facing children with inadequate access to clean water or sanitation and provide insight into the ways in which people and agencies are working to resolve...

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• Water and Sanitation for All: Bringing the Issue Home

  Water and Sanitation for All is a unit of three lessons designed to raise awareness of the problems facing children with inadequate access to clean water or sanitation and provide insight into the ways in which people and agencies are working to resolve...

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• Conserving Water Through Art

  This lesson is designed to inform students about the scarcity of water in the world and to encourage them to think about ways that they can conserve water in their own homes. Students will: Discuss the distribution of water on earth and how much water...

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• One Well: The Story of Water on Earth

  "Without water, nothing can survive." The urgent conservation message in this clear, handsome, oversized picture book is rooted in the book's theme that all water on earth is connected and that "the water you drank today may have rained down on the Amazon...

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• Connecting With Nature

  Students in grades 4-6 engage in a series of activities (both inside and outside the classroom) designed to inspire a sense of environmental stewardship. Each of the activities is intended to have children explore their profound connection to...

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