The purpose of this resource is to enhance students’ awareness of the distribution and value of clean drinking water. Students will develop critical views about managing and sustaining this vital resource. The material is suitable for grades 4...
This unit/module is designed as a curriculum resource for teachers who want to use a school food garden as an "outdoor classroom" where students can experience hands-on learning in many areas of the curriculum. This unit will provide year round learning...
The resource takes the form of a workbook that guides the students through the steps for taking action on a local issue. The students first draw a map of their community in order to identify its key assets and important issues. The students...
The purpose of this resource is to use global goals as a catalyst to enable students to define a local community problem they would like to solve and to begin by creating a plan of action. In this activity, students will: • by the community walker,...
Water and Diversity: Cleaning up our act is intended to raise awareness of the impact humans have had on aquatic ecosystems. Moreover, they are intended to make students aware of the conservation efforts that are ongoing in their communities, and to inspire...
By helping pupils understand that climate change is impacting agriculture worldwide, this classroom resource for teachers endeavours to encourage active global citizenship. Pupils begin by planting some seeds of their own. Teachers then select from...
Healthy Neighborhood Healthy Kids is an in-depth resource with a service-learning project as its culmination. The resource is comprised of seven activities to engage students in meaningful exploration of their community and to provide teachers,...
This unique resource offers teachers a ready to use set of tools to examine climate change, particularly how it is affecting Alaska's ecosystem. This resource is based on powerful videos and reflection questions so students really grasp the issues presented....
The purpose of this education package is to ensure students connect climate change to the effects it is already having on children living in the world's most vulnerable communities. The pack is divided into four sections: Know More - three activities...
Through a variety of activities, this resource seeks to educate students about the factors that contribute to climate change and their effects on society, the economy and the environment. They will also explore adapting to the existing and projected effects...
Listening Takes Heart is the first lesson plan in a set of three centered around the theme of Citizenship prepared for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In this lesson, the students will observe an artwork and using Visual Thinking Strategies prompts describe...
Developing Rights seeks to assist young students in examining human rights, first in their own lives, and then by making extensions into other social contexts found worldwide. Some of the issues include bullying, violence and disability. Six separate...
This resource provides 9 distinct lessons (gr. 4 to 12 levels) on topics related to Species at Risk and the role of forests in sheltering and supporting wildlife species in Canada. The lessons follow the Pan-Canadian curriculum and are designed...
These five engaging lessons can stand alone or be used as a comprehensive unit to help students explore issues and topics related to snow leopards and conservation. Students will: understand the pressures and the interconnectedness of these pressures...
Building a Vermicomposter is one of the action projects available through EcoLeague, a youth empowerment program that engages teachers and students in community and school-based environmental action projects. This comprehensive resource provides...
This resource explores the scientific evidence of climate change without creating a feeling of despair. Educators can provide youth with knowledge of the issues, the tools to explore solutions and a sense of awareness that they can make a difference....
Salmonids in the Classroom is a comprehensive, year-long program in which students learn about the life-cycle of salmon, how they interact with their environment and the relationship (both positive and negative) between salmon and humans. Students...
The Teacher's Guide was designed to support teachers using the student resource book, B.C. First Nations Studies. The Guide consists of seventeen chapters but this review is limited to the first three chapters; The Land, Living on the Land, and Sharing...
The learner is taken through the processes involved in identification of issues, volunteering, team building and action project completion. The first part of the guide defines and details key components of the service learning process. Narrative...
Students are introduced to the environmental, social and economic implications of our current global food system. Students examine and compare the various sources of our food from a systems perspective to appreciate the environmental, health and economic...