This video features a 'take-off' of the popular MTV reality show, Cribs. Narrated by British comedian, Marcus Brigstocke, this 'tongue-in-cheek' presentation is full of conservation and sustainable living tips in a format that the students can definitely...
This wonderful ESD resource addresses the links that exist between climate change and the spread of infectious disease. Focus is placed on understanding the issue and looking for solutions. While the resource examines conditions experienced...
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This riveting novel describes a world of the future where climate change and habitat destruction have ravaged the Earth. Rosita and Mama struggle to eke out an existence in the bleak environment of the Settlements. Then one day Rosita discovers...
This green chemistry resource places students in the role of 'materials scientists' tasked with creating an environmentally-friendly shampoo. Green Chemistry stresses the use of safe, energy efficient, non-toxic products and processes as a practical...
This video portrays Alec Loorz, a remarkable teenager who crusades against global warming. Some of his many accomplishments include his ingenious iMatter campaign, and other environmental education initiatives all designed to appeal to youth. ...
Students engage in a role playing activity to explore the importance of the tropical rainforest to the planet , the forces that threaten the loss of rainforest habitat, the consequences of that loss, and the possible responses. Groups of students...
'Re-thinking Progress' explores how through a change in perspective we can re-design the way our economy works. It suggest that we move from our current liner economic structure based on take, make, and dispose to a circular economy where we build...
Eleven year old Olivia is a naturalist and ardent birdwatcher who delights in the extraordinary biodiversity surrounding her home along the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately, she also experienced the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, one of the most catastrophic...
With its stunning illustrations and simple text this book will engage and amuse students while they learn about animal signs. On a chilly winter day Cammy and William go sledding in the woods near their home. As they pass through the trees...
In the Story of Change, Annie Leonard argues that it's not bad shoppers who are putting our future at risk; it's bad policies and business practices. Annie takes viewers through an exploration of what effective change making has looked like through...
This simple activity serves as an excellent companion to the Late February Nature Guide and offers teachers an easy and enjoyable means of getting students outside in winter. It provides suggestions for organizing a successful search for snowfleas/springtails...
The Story of Electronics employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution's collateral damage - 25 millon tons of e-waste and counting with public workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the...
Scientists are now able to insert the gene Bacillius thuringiensis or Bt into farmer's crops in order to prevent hostile takeovers by pests But what happens when the pest become resistant and prevail to such an extent that Bt in the form of spray, used...
This engaging outdoor activity will allow students to experience first hand the stress that winter places on many of our iconic animal species. Building on the Late February Nature Guide's example of white-tailed deer this simulation allows students...
Covering 72% of the Earth, the oceans supply half of its oxygen, regulate the climate, and provide much of our food and recreational opportunities. The ocean is our planet's support system and it is in danger. We have lost 90% of the big fish in the sea,...
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...
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...
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,...
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 Indigenous oral history of weather translating. Four activities are included...