• Raia and the Eco Guardians - Super Rangers

  This video portrays a remarkable nine year old who was motivated to take action against the litter problem in her BC community.  Raia gathered friends, parents and the municipality into her Eco Guardians club that conducts weekly clean ups of local...

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• A Walk on the Tundra

  This delightful story about family traditions portrays young Inuujaq who sees nothing exciting about accompanying her grandmother on a walk into the tundra.  Lagging behind the old woman and grumbling about being hungry, Inuujaq is surprised when...

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• Frogs: The Thin Green Line

  This video explores how agricultural pesticides like Atrazine are impacting frog populations in California.  Noted amphibian researcher Tyrone Hayes discusses the fascinating yet troublesome ability of these substances to act as endocrine disruptors. ...

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• Sid the Science Kid - Beautiful Trees

  The class will soon be singing along and enjoying this fun music video that highlights trees.  Sid, Gerald and Dad are on a backyard camp-out when they launch into the lyrics that identify all of the wonderful things trees provide us.  This...

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• Tree of Life

  This non-fiction book provides a fascinating introduction to the way we classify and sort the millions of living organisms found on our planet.  Ecological interdependence is visually represented by a single tree and students will be surprised to...

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• Green Math, Engineering and Technology

  This ESD unit places mathematics at the forefront of a comprehensive critical thinking project. Students must design a “green” building, applying both math skills and sustainability principles. The goal of the resource is to increase awareness...

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• Bats

  In this short presentation developed by the National Wildlife Federation for Environment Canada’s Hinterland Who’s Who series, students are introduced to these unique mammals. Close-up images effectively demonstrate how bats maneuver, find...

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• Meet A Plant: Up Close & Personal

  Students walk through a designated area such as the schoolyard or a local park and choose a plant they wish to observe.  After carefully examining the plant, they note their observations following the guided observation process presented in class....

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• The Urban Jungle

  This resource provides a simple, easy to organize outdoor activity which allows students the opportunity to discover and describe trees in the urban environment.  Students take a walking trip around their local community; they sketch a map of one...

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• Go Green!

  This outdoor sensory activity encourages students to observe and explore in the forest. The resource focuses on the variety of colours as an entry point into a greater awareness and appreciation of biodiversity. Students receive paint sample cards with...

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• Globalization

  The world is becoming more and more interconnected. Globalization changes how people consume, work and live almost everywhere on the world. Today, many economic, political, cultural or ecological relationships are not explainable from a national perspective. But...

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• The Soil

  The Soil is part of the series, Nature is Speaking, in which the voices of a number of celebrities are used to "speak" for nature. The central message in The Soil and in the other videos in the series is that human beings are part of nature; that nature...

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• The Ocean

  The Ocean is part of the series, Nature is Speaking, in which the voices of a number of celebrities are used to "speak" for nature. The central message in The Ocean and in the other videos in the series is that human beings are part of nature;...

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• Why Vaccines Work

  Why Vaccines Work offers students a dose of reality about vaccines. The video explores the origin of vaccines, explains how they work, makes the case for their success, and argues for their continued use to combat disease. 

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• Sugarbush Spring

  The traditional art of gathering sap to make maple syrup is brought to life in this richly illustrated story.  A young girl works alongside her grandfather tapping the maple trees while learning about the special relationship between humans and the...

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• The Ancient One

  Mystery and fantasy combine in this story that examines man's relentless demand for natural resources.  Kate should be spending a quiet summer with her great-aunt Melanie but soon becomes involved in a dispute between her aunt and local loggers. ...

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• Area and Perimeter of Leaves

  This innovative activity pairs nature and math to reinforce key concepts related to surface area and perimeter.  Students locate leaf specimens and then use rulers, string and graph paper to calculate the area and perimeter of each sample. 

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• Dandelion vs Plantain

  Common weeds become the basis of an authentic outdoor learning experience in which students develop their observation and research skills as they conduct a plant survey in the schoolyard.  This activity offers many cross-curricular connections and...

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• First Nations Games

  "Play" has traditionally meant going outside and often using imagination to create games with natural materials.  This activity takes students out of the classroom and away from modern technology to learn about traditional outdoor pastimes that emphasize...

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• Litter We Know

  This activity engages students in environmental stewardship as they work together to conduct a clean-up of the school grounds.  The learning also includes a math component as the class sorts and graphs the type of litter they collect.  The interdisciplinary...

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