• Life Below Water

  The enormity of plastic pollution in our oceans has become one of the most serious environmental challenges of the 21st century. This resource explores this global issue with a collection of ten lessons that investigate how plastics enter and travel...

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• Follow That Bottle! A Plastic Recycling Journey

  Have you ever thought about what happens to your plastic water bottle after you throw it into the recycling bin? This brightly illustrated picture book takes young readers through every step of the process until a brand new bottle emerges. The simple...

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• A Long Walk to Water

  This moving story intertwines the lives of Salva and Nya, two young children struggling to survive in an unforgiving landscape.  Orphaned Salva becomes one of the many Sudanese people displaced by civil war in the 1980’s and forced to trek...

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• Everybody Wins When Girls Can Stay in School

  All children have the basic human right to learn and yet millions of girls are being denied an education due to barriers such as poverty.  This lesson engages students in active discussions about the social and economic benefits of educating both...

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• The Lifecycle of a T-Shirt

  The video "The Lifecycle of a T-Shirt" explores the environmental impact of a t-shirt from the growing of the cotton seeds to the arrival of the garment in a North American home. It offers insights and statistics into the fashion industry and explains...

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• Marine Litter

  Surfrider's "Marine Litter" takes a close look at the origin of marine debris and its composition.  It explains via clips and interviews with specialists the problems that marine litter creates for the ocean environment. The video touches on issues...

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• Getting Outdoors With Physics

  This activity provides students with an opportunity to go outdoors and collect primary data around motion and its applications. Students will record the time required for a vehicle to drive through the drop-off area of a school, which will lead to discussions...

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• Flying Over Watersheds

  In this activity students will use Google Earth to get a ‘birds-eye’ view of their local watershed.  The lesson explores what constitutes a watershed, the many important functions they perform and the need to protect them.  Depending...

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• Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic

  Plastic! Cheap, sterol and convenient, but also a big problem for our environment. This video presents an overview of how plastic is very useful, but also a big problem worldwide. The video begins with a metaphor so students can get a better understanding...

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• Who Has Seen the Wind?

  Students will gain an understanding of how energy, in the form of wind, can act on other objects to cause motion. Students will learn that they can use this energy to move their own objects and that wind energy is harvested in large quantities to produce...

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• Population Dynamics

  In this learning activity, students will conduct a model population census by taking advantage of “species” present in their own local environment. Students will analyze and compare results to develop an understanding of the complexities associated...

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• A New Way to Recycle Plastics

  Did you know only nine percent of plastic waste is recycled? This video explains BioCellection’s alternative solution to recycling plastic. This company’s innovative technology aims to reduce plastic waste by breaking down unrecyclable plastics...

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• The Sustainable Development Goals

  In this short video, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) are introduced to students. They are presented as the new framework for sustainable development and explain that human prosperity must go hand in hand with protecting the planet. The history...

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• Treaty Tales

  Treaty Tales trilogy is an excellent series to introduce primary students to the concept of treaties in Canada and the importance of honouring them. The stories provide introductory information about Canada's First People, particularly the Anishinaabe...

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• Who Can Live Here?

  Students assess the fitness of a habitat for a specific purpose. The lesson is designed to introduce students to concepts of ecology, habitat care, and species identification. Students will be able to: Locate habitat elements on a specific...

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• Maple Trees and Marmots

  Maple Trees and Marmots is a role playing game for younger elementary students where students learn the effects of climate change on animals and plants.  There are two activities in the resource: the first focuses on animals and is intended for K-2...

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• A Flush Away from the Field

  In this inquiry students explore the relationship between their everyday lives and farming.  The connections among human consumption, pollution, waste mitigation and agriculture are established through a number of varied activities arranged in four...

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• Ecological Handprint

  The goal of this activity is to inform and encourage students to take individual and community action to address climate change.   It assumes students have an understanding of global warming and the major ways in which humans are impacting our...

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• Climate Balloons

  This activity does a very good job in illustrating how the lifestyle of North Americans contributes to climate change and threatens the survival of those living in the developing world.  Half of the students in class represent people living in poor...

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• A Leaf Lunch

  Students examine decomposition processes in a package of leaves placed in a stream or pond. This lesson extends the exploration of energy flow in ecosystems. Students learn to identify species of invertebrate decomposers and they observe the conversion...

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