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Eco Footprints
This resource introduces the "eco footprint" concept by involving students in a series of activities designed to develop a sense of personal responsibility for energy use. Environmental citizenship skills are also fostered through a student-led...
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Monarch Migration-Elementary
A combination of stirring music and spectacular time lapse photography captures the Monarch butterfly life cycle from egg to adult. This remarkable audio-visual experience also includes footage of the seasonal migration of these delicate creatures...
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Fabulous Wetlands with Bill Nye
Bill Nye takes his wacky antics outside to investigate wetland functions and values. While tossing out biological terms like "hydrophtye" Bill visits several wetland types and defines what makes each one unique. This video will definitely...
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Bird Banquets
The bird-watching activity is a great first step toward getting students outside observing and learning. Students erect a platform birdfeeder and create a viewing center to be able to observe the birds without disturbing them. They watch and identify...
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Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
This animated film explores the interrelationships among the natural, human and spiritual worlds with the traditional tale of Maq, a young First Nations boy who struggles to fit in. When a village elder helps the boy embark on an astonishing journey...
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Our Environmental Footprint - Introduction
This resource is the first in a series of lessons which combine indoor and outdoor activities that are particularly suited to teaching young children about the ecological footprint concept. This introductory unit fosters a closer connection to nature...
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What Do You Do When Something Wants To Eat You?
With its attractive illustrations and appealing text this book highlights the incredible diversity of our natural world. Each featured species has developed a unique adaptation to help it avoid detection or capture. From the ink cloud of the...
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Count Down to Fall
The simple rhymes of this delightful book use fall leaves to teach children how to count backwards from ten to one. Each colourful illustration includes pictures of the tree being described and features a wildlife species that depends on forest...
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Are We Disturbing Birds?
This outdoor activity has students explore how changes in human land use are impacting bird habitats. Students walk through the community to identify the recent changes that have taken place. Based on their observations, students determine if the changes...
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There's A Barnyard In My Bedroom
Imagination and some everyday objects send Megan and Jamie on three incredible journeys of discovery as they learn how nature provides us with everything we need. A rainy day hike teaches the pair about food and household products that originate...
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Threatened
Luc is an orphan who is desperate to escape the abuse and despair of a children's home in Gabon. Stealing from a naive, white professor seems like the ideal way out. When his plan fails, Luc is quickly apprehended. Instead of harsh punishment...
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Bugs Don't Bug Me!
This comprehensive set of seven lessons is designed to introduce students to the fascinating world of aquatic macroinvertebrates. Although each lesson can stand alone, the overall goal is for teachers to use the entire resource to develop student...
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Conservation Kids - Alternative Transportation
This video highlights all of the fun and active ways that kids can travel without a car. The film also contains facts about exercise, greenhouse gases and the number of cars on the road in Canada. The engaging youth ambassadors will motivate...
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Arctic Survivor
The resource offers a fun and interactive activity to introduce students to the impacts of climate change on animal populations. Using a game format, students role-play polar bears and their interactions with the habitat components of food, water, shelter...
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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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