• Sustainable Engineering

  This activity-based, ESD resource integrates sustainability issues into the teaching of engineering, technology and product design concepts. Students are asked to describe and evaluate the impacts of engineering on the environment and to reflect on their...

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• Amphibial Pursuits FrogWatch Teachers’ Guide

  Amphibial Pursuits is the teachers’ guide to Frogwatch a program through which students learn to identify frogs by sound and contribute valuable scientific information to a national amphibian monitoring program.  This guide is a multi-disciplinary...

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• Flo and Eddy's Water Adventure

  This story follows the silly duo of Flo, the pelican and Eddy the cormorant as they head out on their fall migration.  Initially they get lost, but soon find their route using waterways to guide them.  As they travel they experience water in...

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• Penny Visits Oak Hammock Marsh

  In this story Penny's grandfather takes her on a field trip to Oak Hammock Marsh, Manitoba.  Grandpa Brown is an avid naturalist who teaches Penny all about the birds and other animals they see.  When they stop for lunch Penny learns an important...

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• The Little Hummingbird

  This Indigenous picture book focuses on the message that we should do everything we can to protect our environment. All of the animals flee a great fire that is burning their forest, except for the little hummingbird.  She carries water one drop...

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• The Busy Beaver

  The beaver in this story is so busy felling trees that he puts no thought into his actions.  Consequently he causes devastation in the forest.  Finally the busy beaver's carelessness results in an accident.  From his hospital room the beaver...

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• Judy Moody Saves the World

  As one volume in the Judy Moody series, this book has all of the usual humorous characters and wit that has made these stories so popular.  Judy Moody wonders how one person can "heal the world".  She tries to get her family to rethink the products...

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• Lessons from Mother Earth

  In this First Nation story, Tess learns from her grandmother that her “garden” is all of nature that surrounds her.  As they pick plants and berries, they do so carefully and with respect.  Tess discovers that if she cares for the...

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• Butterfly House

  In this beautiful picture book a young girl saves a caterpillar and takes it to her grandfather.  With his help she makes a butterfly house with everything a caterpillar needs.  They watch the larva change from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. ...

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• In My World

  Appropriate for very young children, this book encourages young people to appreciate nature using their five senses.  Using descriptive words and cut-out pictures the book illustrates bugs, frogs, stars and many other things that a child can see...

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• Hey! Get Off Our Train

  In this imaginative tale a boy and his dog board a toy train at bedtime.  They travel the world meeting several different endangered species along the way.  When the boy hears the animals' sad stories he decides he must help them. ...

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• Sandy's Incredible Shrinking Footprint

  Sandy is enjoying a day at the beach with her grandfather when much to her chagrin she discovers a pile of garbage.  As she cleans up the mess she is suddenly joined by the very peculiar "Garbage Lady".  The "Garbage Lady" turns out to be a...

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• Grandmother's Pigeon

  In this beautifully illustrated story children are introduced to an extinct species, the Passenger Pigeon. Grandmother is very mysterious and as she leaves for Greenland the family wonders if they will ever see her again.  The mystery deepens when...

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• Miss Rumphius

  Great-aunt Alice Rumphius grew up dreaming about traveling the world and living by the sea.  She also wanted to do something to make the world a more beautiful place.  As an adult, Miss Rumphius visited many faraway places and finally settled...

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• Uno's Garden

  In this richly illustrated picture book Uno arrives in a forest filled with mystical creatures like the snortlepig.  Uno loves the forest so much he decides to settle and build himself a house.  However it is not long before the forest...

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• Where Butterflies Grow

  This story takes the reader on a journey through the life of a Black Swallowtail butterfly.  Children are asked to imagine themselves inside a tiny egg that hatches into a larva.  Then the book describes what it would feel like to live as a...

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• One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

  This book is based on the life story of Kwabena Darko who rose from poverty to form the Sinapi Abu (Mustard Seed) Trust, which is part of the global nonprofit organization Opportunity International. Kojo has to leave school to help his mother collect...

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• The Watcher

  This book is based on the biography of famed researcher Jane Goodall, who lived with the chimpanzees and became such a dedicated spokesperson for this species.  The book begins with a young Jane spending hours watching chickens, worms, birds and...

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• Leaves

  In this picture book a young bear observes how leaves change throughout the seasons.  The story begins with the young bear very puzzled about why the leaves are falling off the trees.  As he tries to stick the leaves back on, he becomes very...

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• Biosphere Biokit Activities

  This teaching resource will allow teachers and students to explore Canada’s biodiversity in a fun and interactive way at any time of the year. The resource offers a series of engaging outdoor activities that help students learn about biodiversity...

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