This document will provide teachers of grades 4-6 with activities that will help students understand information provided on food labels. The document is divided into three sections, each aimed at one of the three grades. Each section contains five or...
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...
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...
Students undertake an exploration of seven topics related to cultivating peace through a variety of learning activities. This resource is designed to help students develop a better understanding of the forces that can bring about tragedies such...
Students are introduced to a Global Mall which provides all of the resources required by humans to survive, plus "non-essentials" - at a cost. Every student is given a specific amount of Global Mall Dollars, and instructed to fulfill their survival needs...
This is a book available as a PDF file. The preface and introductory sections serve as background information for the teacher on the history of renewable energy use and the need to teach students about it. There is a compilation of activities which have...
The unit, Biodiversity:The Spice of Life, provides activities to launch a unit, school theme, and/or to help integrate biodiversity concepts across curriculum. Activity ideas include a focus on: Student Experience Interviewing Artistic Representations First...
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,...
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...
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...
‘Journey into New Worlds’ is the title of the first of four episodes in David Suzuki’s television series The Sacred Balance now available to teachers on DVD or VHS. The resource, The Grade 11-12 Teacher’s Guide...
‘The Matrix of Life’ is the title of the second of four episodes in David Suzuki’s television series The Sacred Balance now available to teachers on DVD or VHS. This resource, The Grade 11-12 Teacher’s Guide...
‘Fire of Creation’ is the title of the third of four episodes in David Suzuki’s television series The Sacred Balance now available to teachers on DVD or VHS. This resource, The Grade 11-12 Teacher’s Guide to Episode...
‘Coming Home’ is the title of the final of four episodes in David Suzuki’s television series The Sacred Balance now available to teachers on DVD or VHS. This resource, The Grade 11-12 Teacher’s Guide to Episode...
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...
Livin' the Good Life teaches students about quality of life and community indicators such as sustainability, inequality, poverty, and good governance. Students develop indicators to measure quality of life and conduct a survey of peers and adults to obtain...
"Connections: The Basics of Biodiversity Module 2" is part of a larger resource entitled Backyard Biodiversity and Beyond. Module 2 is an interesting and engaging action project resource which contains messages and activities about the nature and value...
This well-intentioned, easy-to-read book, The Power and Promise of Humane Education, is less about power and promise and more an introduction to theoretical/practical approaches to humane education. The author, Zoe Weil, distinguishes humane education...
Penguins on Thin Ice is an eclectic web site put together by the non-profit organization, Irthlingz Arts Based Environmental Education and offers a musical review about climate change. This musical revue consists of a compilation of songs and scripts...
In this comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide, middle school students learn how their consumer choices affect the environment and how they can make a difference by buying differently. This 300-page toolkit, presented in a 3-ring binder, includes an Educator's...