• What's My Carbon Footprint

  In this inquiry students investigate the issues surrounding carbon emissions and the concept of a ‘carbon footprint’. With this understanding they use tools identified in the resource to calculate their own carbon footprints and compare them...

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• Next Generation Climate

  Next Generation Climate is a six lesson, STEM climate change resource that has students investigate the cause of the global temperature change, research the major repercussions of climate change, and find out how they can monitor and minimize those repercussions....

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• Let's Ban the Bead

  This 2-minute short takes on plastic microbeads - the little bits of plastic that companies have been putting in everything from body washes and hand soaps to toothpaste and makeup. In it, the authors show how microbeads are designed to go down the drain...

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• World Climate Simulation

  Students step into the role of delegates to a world climate summit and negotiate an international climate agreement designed to achieve the 2 degree warming threshold (as agreed to in Paris at COP21). In addition to gaining an understanding of counter...

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• Conserving Canada's Marine Biodiversity: Middle School

  The lesson plans in Conserving Canada's Marine Biodiversity have a goal of helping students become passionate about Canada's oceans, raise awareness of conservation issues and bring Canada's ocean just a little bit closer to home.  The resource consists...

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• The World Is Not Equal. Is That Fair?

  The purpose of this resource is to enhance student’s awareness of the many types of inequality that exist in the world. The activities introduce the students to the idea of social disparities and explore the consequences of these inequalities on...

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• World Out of Balance

  Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations and former forestry coordinator for Takla Lake First Nations, argues that unsustainable forestry practices and disregard for traditional indigenous knowledge about forest ecosystems...

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• Clean Water for All

  The resource activities aim to increase students understanding of the various causes of water pollution and to raise awareness of the global inequality of access to safe water around the world. Students will: observe the differences between the two containers...

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• Sea Otters versus Climate Change

  By balancing their ecosystem, otters are playing a role in the fight against climate change. Students learn about the connection between sea otters, sea urchins and kelp forests and understand the importance of a balanced ecosystem in the struggle to...

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• Perils of Plastic

  Students learn about the world's largest "landfill," make a connection to their own lives, and calculate how much trash they generate in a week, a year, ten years.

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• Calculating and Interpreting Your Ecological Footprint

  Students explore the concept of ecological footprint, calculate their own "footprint", consider what individual measures might reduce that footprint, and debate the merits of government regulation and technology in reducing our ecological impact. A paper...

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• Listening Takes Heart

  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...

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• Floating Garden Challenge

  As a result of climate change there is more rain in Bangladesh than ever before. Land where farmers used to grow their crops is now flooded on a regular basis. The result is families go hungry. This STEM lesson plan challenges students to design and build...

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• Our Environmental Footprint

  Through a variety of activities, students learn about different sources of energy and the amount of energy that they consume every day.  This lesson plan contains six short activities: What is Energy? Students learn where electricity comes from...

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• Climate Atlas of Canada

  The Climate Atlas of Canada is an interactive tool for students and teachers to learn about climate change in Canada. This engaging tool was created to communicate the severity of climate change in the Prairie provinces. It combines climate science, mapping,...

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• Our Changing Climate for Grades 3 to 6

  This resource is aimed at elementary students and provides an entry point to climate change education through the language arts. It was created with the idea that teaching about climate change at the elementary level is possible if the curriculum provides...

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• Life on a Shrinking Island

  “Climate change is here and, if anyone doesn’t believe it, just get up and look out the window”* As is the case in Canada’s north, Prince Edward Island is providing striking evidence that the effects of climate change are destructive,...

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• Global Schoolyard Bioblitz

  In this experiential learning activity, students explore their schoolyard to document its biodiversity and create a wildlife inventory. With the support of an award-winning software platform from Project Noah, students incorporate technology and inquiry...

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• SDG's in Action App

  This mobile app serves as a ‘go to place’ for information, updates and progress reports regarding the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.  Students can set preferences to receive the latest news on only those goals that are of particular...

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• Ontario's Backyard Birds

  This resource contains five activities to help students develop into young birders. Students will explore bird classification by sorting and categorizing birds, and use the free Cornell Lab Merlin Bird ID app to support bird identification. The Merlin...

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