• Owl Moon

  On a winter's night a young girl accompanies her father into the woods to go on an owling adventure.  She patiently waits as her father tries to attract a great-horned owl with his calls.  Just when the girl thinks she has had enough and is...

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• Waiting for Wings

  In this book poetry takes the young reader through all of the life stages of a butterfly from egg to adult.  Once the butterflies have emerged, the story then follows the insects as they look for the flowers that provide them with the nectar they...

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• The Wasteland

  CBS 60 Minutes follows the "recycling" of e-waste from Denver Colorado  to a community in southern China. In the process they uncover an underground network of illegal smuggling that starts with American consumers "doing the right thing" in dropping...

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• Where does e-waste end up?

  Where does e-waste end up? answers the question it poses and the answer in this case is India, where the poor risk their health to salvage valuable elements used in their manufacture. The discussion raises and answers a number of questions-why India?...

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• Global Warming: A Way Forward

  A Way Forward: Facing Climate Change explores the global impact of climate change and its devastating effects and outlines a response suggested by United Nations' scientists.  A series of powerful images highlight the current evidence and possible...

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• Learning to protect biodiversity

  This video illustrates how to address biodiversity through Education for Sustainable Development and mobilize teachers and students to reflect on biodiversity issues. It outlines the importance of biodiversity to humans in providing for medicines, shelter,...

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• Sea Lamprey

  The video describes the problems associated with the Great Lakes sea lamprey invasion and how Canada and the United States have been able to control their numbers.  It offers a quick overview of their arrival in the Great Lakes, the danger they represent...

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• Invaders in our Waters - Round Goby

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• Invaders in Our Waters-Purple Loosestrife

  The film introduces a success story in the use of biological controls to combat invasive species. In this case the invasive species is purple loosestrife and the biological control is a European leaf-eating beetle, Galerucella calmariensis. Students...

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• How to feed the world in 2050

  The sponsor of the video, the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, argues that   to achieve food security in a changing climate the global community must operate within three limits: the quantity of food that can be produced...

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• Energy Dialogues - Fracturing

  This video series explores hydraulic fracturing. The introductory video outlines the techniques involved in answering the question – What have natural gas companies been doing to reduce the pollution caused by fracking? It describes the use of steel...

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• Energy Dialogue: Wind Power

  The resource consists of four videos in response to the question, Why isn’t there more electricity produced by wind generation in Alberta. The first video introduces wind turbines (how they work; where they are located). The second video has...

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• Alien Invaders: Species that threaten our world

  This book provides students with a comprehensive introduction to invasive species and the significant impacts of these species on our natural world.  Engaging text that treats the topic like a horror movie highlights how biodiversity is reduced by...

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• Winter is Coming!

  This resource teaches students about the seasonal adaptations of local wildlife through a diverse set of activities that incorporate games, displays and habitat investigations.  Students examine the changes in appearance and behaviour that occur...

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• Of Forests and Men

  This short documentary was directed by award-winning director, Yann Arthus-Bertrand who was appointed by the United Nations to produce an official film for the International Year of Forests. The film uses aerial images from the acclaimed Home and the...

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• Desertification-E

  This visually stunning video explores the causes of desertification and offers possible solutions. The film illustrates that contrary to popular perception, desertification is not defined as the loss of land to desert nor does it occur through sand-dune...

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• Animal Tracks: Keeping Track of Who Has Been Here!

  In this entertaining resource students explore animal tracks while learning about how different animals move.  The activity-based lessons guide children through a scientific investigation of different types of tracks and has students compare movement...

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• Macroinvertebrates: What Wetland Bugs Can Teach Us

  This experiential learning resource introduces students to the world of macroinvertebrates and the factors that negatively impact wetlands. A game approach is used to explore the effects of pollution on aquatic macroinvertebrate species.  Then students...

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• Overfishing

  This short film shows the evolution of fishing throughout history. It also illustrates how technological advances in fisheries have allowed us to increase our catch but ultimately it has caused the decline of the industry. Despite new initiaves to stop...

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• There's A HAIR In My Dirt!

  The worm family takes on human characteristics as they are introduced as a mother, father and a typical teenager who hates his worm existence, especially when he finds a hair in his supper. In an effort to teach him a moral lesson the father tells the...

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