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Three Sisters Garden
Students will explore the benefits of companion planting by investigating the traditional Native American planting of Three Sisters Gardens. Students will: Learn about the practice of planting beans, corn, and squash together in the same plot that has...
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Understanding Climate Change in Grade 11 and 12 Geography
This resource identifies locations within Ontario's high school geography curriculum where teachers can address climate change. Teaching suggestions, case studies, learning activities, guiding questions and additional resources related to climate...
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Children's Rights
The students use a variety of resources to become familiar with some of the issues around Children's Rights including the book For Every Child by Caroling Castle, selected articles from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Charles' Story and...
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Nelson Mandela: Biography and Autobiography
"Nelson Mandela" is the last of a series of lessons under the general subject of Global Citizenship and Literacy. These series' of lessons demonstrate how Global Citizenship can be incorporated into literacy. The lessons are structured so that students...
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Biodiversity, Food and Farming for a Healthy Planet
This resource provides a complete package for teachers to educate students about agriculture and how human activities have profound impacts on the ecosystems and biodiversity of our planet. Each lesson is organized with an introductory description, curriculum...
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Treat it Right!® Storm Water
In Treat It Right!® Storm Water students learn how storm water is managed and treated in the City of Edmonton. The concepts are explored through a series of lessons which inform the students how storm water must be managed to prevent flooding and...
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Treat it Right!® Wastewater
In Treat It Right! Wastewater students are challenged to think about how to change their actions and those of their families to protect the environment by learning about what to flush and dump down the drain. Students learn how water is managed and treated...
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Evolution, Diversity and the Sustainability of Life
The resource consists of a student workbook and an accompanying teacher's guide. The unit is divided into six lessons, each made up of short readings, classroom activities and questions relating to the three major concepts of evolution, diversity,...
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Quagmire
Quagmire is a role-playing game that simulates a real situation: whether or not to destroy a salt marsh to build a highway, or protect the marsh from development. Participating in a debate, students take on the roles of various stakeholders such as government,...
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Canada's Forests: A Breath of Fresh Air- Vol. 2
This comprehensive resource contains a series of nine lessons that explore climate change and its impact on Canada's forest including the removal of carbon from the atmosphere via photosynthesis. Students will explore the contributions forests make...
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Electricity All Around Us
With Green Learning's Re-Energy program, learners of all ages learn about renewable energy, the different sources of renewable energy and explore the co-benefits and trade-offs of using comparable renewable energy systems. Electricity All Around...
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LSF's Reusable Bags Action Toolkit for Elementary and Middle Years Students
Reusable Bags is a series of interesting activities through which students become acquainted with the concept of reusing. The resource emphasizes reducing and reusing over recycling. Students take action to decrease the number of plastic bags in...
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My Water, Your Water, Our Water
This resource addresses themes in geography and instills the virtues of philanthropy and stewardship. Learners discover the role of individuals, business, industry, government and the non-profit sector in reducing pollution and cleaning our...
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Give Water A Hand
The Give Water A Hand program is presented in two books which can be downloaded as pdf files. The Action Guide presents a stepwise process to organize and carry out an action-oriented project to protect and preserve watershed resources. The...
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LSF's No Idling Action Toolkit for Middle Years and Secondary Students
After learning about the negative effects of vehicle idling, students monitor traffic at their school to determine if idling is an important local issue. Students analyze their data and assuming idling is an issue, document their findings through...
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LSF's Food For Thought Action Toolkit for Middle Years Students
Students are introduced to the environmental, social and economic implications of our current global food system. They examine and compare the various sources of our food from a systems perspective to appreciate the environmental, health and economic...
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Travelling for Water, Mini Unit
This resource is designed to develop student understanding of the issues relating to water use, protection and conservation through hands-on, diverse learning experiences. Students will: take part in a simulation activity to identify the amount of clean...
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Water Splash: An Early Years Education Pack About Water
This ESD resource helps young children explore the essential role that water plays in their lives, the availability of water to children in parts of the developing world, and the choices they can make in relation to responsible water use. Students...
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Canada's Boreal Forest: Tradition and Transition
This nine-lesson resource targeted for both middle school (lessons 1,2,4,5,6) and high school (lessons 3,7,8,9), promotes an understanding of the importance of the Canadian Boreal Forest in terms of its biodiversity, unique habitats, and wealth of...
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Operation Water Health
This resource contains eight lessons that explore health issues related to water. Students are encouraged to become involved on behalf of safe drinking water at home and abroad. Lessons involve reading and interpreting well-organized fact sheets,...
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