In this activity the class creates a model of the subsurface showing what aquifers are and how they can be contaminated as the result of activities and processes taking place on the land's surface. Students are able to see first-hand how human actions...
Students undertake an exploration of seven topics related to cultivating peace through a variety of learning activities. This resource is designed to help students develop a better understanding of the forces that can bring about tragedies such...
The unit, Biodiversity:The Spice of Life, provides activities to launch a unit, school theme, and/or to help integrate biodiversity concepts across curriculum. Activity ideas include a focus on: Student Experience Interviewing Artistic Representations First...
This resource looks at the life of an Inuit community in northern Quebec, through the eyes of Mala, a twelve year old Inuk boy. Through his first person narratives, Mala provides interesting background information about life in his community. This resource...
Sila Alangotok- Inuit Observations on Climate Change is a teacher’s guide to the video of the same name that chronicles the work of Canadian researchers who spent a year in Sach’s Harbour learning about the effects of climate change from the...
Canada’s Forest & Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters, Volume 6 is a K to 12 teaching kit that explores the role our forests play in sustaining freshwater resources. The final five of the eight lessons in the kit are appropriate for use...
This unit/module is designed as a curriculum resource for teachers who want to use a school food garden as an "outdoor classroom" where students can experience hands-on learning in many areas of the curriculum. This unit will provide year round learning...
"Connections: The Basics of Biodiversity Module 2" is part of a larger resource entitled Backyard Biodiversity and Beyond. Module 2 is an interesting and engaging action project resource which contains messages and activities about the nature and value...
Penguins on Thin Ice is an eclectic web site put together by the non-profit organization, Irthlingz Arts Based Environmental Education and offers a musical review about climate change. This musical revue consists of a compilation of songs and scripts...
Women's Rights is a classroom resource created by Amnesty International, containing six activities dealing with the topic of global gender inequality. The activities range from a consciousness raising approach towards language and its gendered uses...
Developing Rights seeks to assist young students in examining human rights, first in their own lives, and then by making extensions into other social contexts found worldwide. Some of the issues include bullying, violence and disability. Six separate...
Growing Poems encourages students to reflect on their gardening experiences through reading and writing different styles of poetry. The project offers excellent background information, several supplementary resources and an interactive,...
The activities in Five Minute Field Trips are grouped into three sections: Awareness, Understanding and Action. The Awareness section consists of outdoor activities that are sensory and experiential giving kids a chance to reconnect with the...
Students read, discuss and make decisions about hypothetical dilemmas concerning wildlife and natural resources. The activities are designed to give students the opportunity to examine their own values and beliefs and make reasoned judgements related...
A series of activities to be used as a starting point for exploring and investigating the seashore with young children. Students become aware of the unique habitat and needs of seashore creatures. This chapter is intended to be taught in conjunction with...
The activities within this chapter demonstrate how creative drama, creative writing, science, music and art can be integrated into holistic experiences for enabling children to inquire into the moods, qualities and behavior of living creatures at the...
Students and teachers are encouraged to complete these activities in conjunction with a larger seashore study, where students have the opportunity to visit the seashore and make observations at various times throughout the unit. Students take part in...
A series of sequential lessons designed to help students and teachers understand the impacts of invasive species on habitats and ecosystems, and provide tools and strategies to help stop the spread of invasive species. Students will: create a song to...
Building a Vermicomposter is an action toolkit that engages teachers and students in community and school-based environmental action projects. This comprehensive resource provides teachers with a variety of hands-on learning activities which include...
How The Bat Came to Be is part of a compilation entitled Keepers of the Night which provides an integrated approach to teaching the mystery and fascination of the animals, plants, and insects that inhabit the world of night. Through the use of Native...