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The purpose of Thirsty Planet is to enhance students’ awareness of the distribution and value of clean drinking water. Students will develop critical views about managing and sustaining this vital resource.
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In the Global Classroom is the first of a two volume resource that focuses on the themes of personal and world awareness. It is practical in nature, providing the teacher with unlimited opportunities to use the activities with maximum success at different...
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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...
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Students begin to think critically about controversial issues and examine their own values as they “take a stand” on a difficult issue. This simulation activity is modeled after a controversial land development process that actually took place...
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This is a book available as a PDF file. The preface and introductory sections serve as background information for the teacher on the history of renewable energy use and the need to teach students about it. There is a compilation of activities which have...
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Protected Areas: Preserving Our Future explores the concepts, values and practices that underlie the idea of protected areas, such as parks and ecological reserves, by considering what we protect as individuals, why we protect certain things...
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The purpose of this education package is to ensure students connect climate change to the effects it is already having on children living in the world's most vulnerable communities. The pack is divided into four sections:
Know More - three activities...
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This resource provides 9 distinct lessons (gr. 4 to 12 levels) on topics related to Species at Risk and the role of forests in sheltering and supporting wildlife species in Canada. The lessons follow the Pan-Canadian curriculum and are designed...
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The resource provides worksheets and activities relating to the handling of solid waste in Canada. In the activities, students apply the information provided in the document to make a poster, write a summary, carry on a debate or write an extended research...
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The Nature Challenge Teacher's Guide is the Suzuki Foundation's attempt to bring the ten widely known action challenges into the classroom. The key concepts taught through the twenty lessons are:
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The kit contains information, activities and four full-coloured posters that enable teachers to help students learn about the temperate rainforest. Teachers can choose between a self-directed stations approach or teacher led exploration of the four topics...
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This is the first part of a two-part resource.Activity 1: Resources at Home and School. Students identify what natural resource products in their home and school are made from. They complete a survey to identify the amount to which each natural...
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eCards is an online and interdisciplinary activity designed to teach about energy use. The students research a topic on energy use, create a visual message with text, and then send the messages to people they choose. The website is secure,...
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The challenging process of 'Academic Controversy' is used to engage students in exploring global issues in the classroom. The focus of the academic controversy is on the role of the WTO and globalization. China became a member of the WTO in December 2001....
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The Energy Trail helps students discover the links between consumer products, manufacturing and energy use, the burning of fossil fuels and the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change. Several excellent "Backgrounders" are easily accessible...
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Web-based secondary lesson on the challenge to get diesel dependent Northern communities onto alternative energy in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut costs and reduce local air pollution by diesel generators. Students will:use web-search...
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Background information on greenhouse gases and climate change are provided with lesson plans to facilitate understanding of the problems of climate change in the north. The class explores renewable energy options and then researches, develops and installs...
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Two activities relate to the history of automobiles and a future with reduced use of cars.
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