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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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Libertad
Libertad and his little brother Julio watch as their mother is swallowed by the Guatemala City Dump on which they had depended for their livelihood. Libertad understands that he cannot earn enough to live and pay for his brother's schooling. With...
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Nowhere Else on Earth
In this non-fiction text, Caitlyn Vernon shares her knowledge and love of the Great Bear Rainforest; the largest unlogged temperate rainforest in the world. The text is broken into ten topical chapters that teach about the forest's iconic species...
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Hoot
Roy is the bullied new kid in this Southern Florida suburb. As his face is being smushed into the bus window he sees a barefooted, running boy. Roy is intrigued and seeks him out. It turns out this boy, Mullet Fingers is actually a runaway and an environmental...
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What’s Globalization Got To Do With Me?
Students explore ways in which they are linked to flows of people, capital, goods and services around the world; discuss advantages and disadvantages of globalisation; and analyse the intercultural understandings that inform working in a global context....
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Freshwater: How Your T-Shirt Can Make a Difference
Did you know that the cotton t-shirt on your back has a major impact on the planet? A short series of effective graphics is used to identify the “costs” from the water required to make the t-shirt (2,700 litres) and the energy needed to grow,...
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Water Cycle Jump
This highly entertaining music video, part of the Nye Tunes “Sound Track of Science”, features a rap song to effectively explain the water cycle, and includes descriptions of the key processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation....
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Sustainable Food
Author and activist Michael Pollan, a passionate advocate for sustainable food, explores how our industrial food system keeps us overly dependent on fossil fuels, destroys our environment, and makes us sick. In doing so, Pollan links the current approach...
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Future History: Plastic Bottle Usage
In this short program set 3000 years in the future, anthropologists put forth theories on the origin of the billions of plastic water bottle “artifacts” uncovered on the planet. The confusion of the narrator/anthropologist is clear as she...
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Wetlands and Biodiversity
This video message highlights the threat to the second most diverse eco-system in the world –wetlands, and the need to conserve and protect them. Focusing on the staggering rate of disappearance of wetlands in Canada, it emphasizes the many benefits...
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Wetland Wonderland
In this video two young students with the help of a biologist, discover the value of wetlands and the importance of conserving them. Using excellent photography the students learn how wetlands filter water and provide habitat for many plants and animals....
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Ocean Commotion
Two young students with the help of a biologist discover that what is rinsed down the drain, put in trash cans and sprinkled on gardens can end up in the ocean. They see that our actions can effect marine habitat, and that pollutants can become embedded...
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Stand By Me
This music video of the Ben E. King classic “Stand by Me”, features a collaboration of 35 street musicians from around the world bringing a message of peace. The first of a series of videos produced by the “Playing for Change Movement”,...
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To the Last Fish: What Happened to all the Cod
This video provides information, statistics and compelling stories from both coasts of Canada to examine the rapid disappearance of fish stocks and the decimation of the oceans over the past 10-15 years. The focus on the over-exploitation of resources...
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Rick Mercer: Black Bear Tagging in Algonquin Park
An excerpt from CBC’s The Mercer Report, this video features Rick Mercer joining biologists at Algonquin Park on a mission to tag black bear cubs. Spectacular helicopter shots are included as Rick and the bear experts locate the sleeping bear’s...
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The Story of Stuff
This video provides a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. Using cartoon graphics, host Anne Leonard explores the many connections between global economic, environmental, and social issues, and challenges...
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Magic School Bus- Gets Swamped
This episode from the Magic School Bus series of children’s books about science, sees an eccentric teacher (Ms. Frizzle) take her class on an exciting educational field trip. With the help of a magic school bus the class explores and learns many...
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Magic School Bus- In The Rainforest
This video based on the Magic School Bus series of children’s books about science sees an eccentric teacher (Ms. Frizzle) take her class on an exciting educational field trip. With the help of a magic school bus the class explores and learns many...
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Magic School Bus- Holiday Special
This video based on the Magic School Bus series of children’s books about science sees an eccentric teacher (Ms. Frizzle) take her class on an exciting educational field trip. With the help of a magic school bus the class explores and learns many...
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