Canadian Wildlife Federation
Hinterland Who's Who: Video and Sound Clips Library
Hinterland Who's Who: Video and Sound Clips Library has a variety of videos to watch, including spoofs and behind-the-scenes clips.
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Hinterland Who's Who: Video and Sound Clips Library
Hinterland Who's Who: Video and Sound Clips Library has a variety of videos to watch, including spoofs and behind-the-scenes clips.
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Green Teacher
Green Teacher is a well established Canadian magazine for environmentally conscious educators. Each issue highlights environmental issues around the world, and includes lesson ideas. Visitors can register for free webinars. A past issue...
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Green Teacher: Articles and Teaching Activities
Green Teacher is an excellent Canadian environmental magazine that is directed at educators. A variety of its articles and lessons are available at this link.
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British Columbia Conservation Foundation: Leap Into Action! [Pdf]
Provides an 87-page teaching resource kit for educating students on how to take action on environmental issues.
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Robert Bateman Get to Know Program
The Get to Know Program is devoted to raising the environmental awareness of young people. Robert Bateman, the program's founder, wants children to be able to walk outside their homes and recognize plants and wildlife wherever they live,...
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Recycling Council of Ontario: Waste Free Lunch Challenge
This site provides resources for educators to manage a litterless lunch program at their schools in order to promote environmental education objectives. Teachers register their classes and receive certificates at the end of the program.
McREL International
Mc Rel: What in the World Are You Doing?
For this activity, students decide on environmental concerns they have about their school environment, and work in groups to investigate an issue then report back to the class. The purpose is to raise awareness about how their school...
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Wat Er We Good For?
By performing a water audit at school and at home, students will become aware of ways to reduce their water use.
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Earth Care: Wild Waters Downtown
Urban settings have many wild animals and they need water just as humans do. Students will investigate the animals around them and determine where they get clean water. This is followed by a discussion of how these animals might be...
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Earth Care: Who Left the Lights On?
In this kindergarten lesson, students will learn the importance of turning off lights when they are not being used.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Earth Care Quiz
With a focus on environmental issues in Canada, this quiz makes a good discussion starter for older students and for adults.
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Earth Care: Now You're in Trouble
For this activity, Grade Two students build a classroom maze and investigate water drainage, learning about the urban sewage system in the process and why people need to be more mindful of what goes into it.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: The Recycling Maniacs [Pdf]
The Recycling Maniacs is a short script for a classroom play to teach the benefits of recycling.
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Earth Care: Garbage vs Recycle Centre [Pdf]
Kindergarten students will learn the importance of recycling by using the correct receptacles in their classroom.
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Earth Care: Good Garbage vs Bad Garbage [Pdf]
Kindergarten students will participate in schoolyard cleanup and learn to tell the difference between safe and unsafe litter.
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Earth Care: Where's the Drip? [Pdf]
Kindergarten students will learn about water conservation as they search for leaky taps and toilets.
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Earth Care: Sort and Sift [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will examine the litter they produce in their classroom and that their families produce at home, and identify ways they can reduce waste and recycle more.
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Earth Care: Just One Drop [Pdf]
For this lesson, Grade One students will discover how much water they use for daily activities and ways to reduce their water consumption.
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Earth Care: Movers and Shakers [Pdf]
Wind is created in areas where there are temperature shifts. For this lesson, Grade Two students will investigate areas of their schoolyard where there are 'wind tunnels' and 'wind shadows'. They will then use this information to...
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Environmental Checklists [Pdf]
For this activity, students create environmental checklists for monitoring their own and their community's level of 'environmental stewardship.'
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Once More With Feeling [Pdf]
For this activity, learners will explore creative ways that materials can be reused. They will then create a commercial to advertise innovative ideas. Follow-up suggestions include having a sale or contacting local secondhand stores.
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Earth Care: Recycled Paper [Pdf]
After investigating and monitoring paper use at school, students will develop a plan for reducing their own paper use.
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Earth Care: Where's the Heat? [Pdf]
Students will work alongside the school caretaker to determine ways in which their school loses heat, and learn about strategies that can reduce or prevent this.