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  • Taking Action

    Food For Thought

    This project will have you and your action team planting and caring for your own food from seed to harvest! During this project, you will participate in activities that get you thinking about these questions, and why the answers...

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Business and Economics, Food and Agriculture, Taking Action
    Subject:Science, Social Studies
    Level:Primary / Elementary
    Grade:JK K 1 2 3 4 5 6
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  • Social Justice

    Food Insecurity and Climate Change

    This visual aid document consists of a map featuring food insecurity in the world through the percentage of population undernourished and the hunger and climate vulnerability index. A short text explains the linkages between climate...

    Type:Research
    Topic:Food and Agriculture, Social Justice
    Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Global Studies
    Level:Secondary
    Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  • Sustainable Development

    Food Issues in the 21st Century

    Students study global and local food issues through examining the changing nature of farming on the prairies and the social and economic implications of this change for communities. As a culminating activity for the topic, students...

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Food and Agriculture, Globalization, Sustainable Development
    Subject:Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
    Level:Secondary
    Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  • Taking Action

    Food Security and Climate Change: Challenge Badge

    This manual is designed to help educate children and young people about climate change and food security while encouraging them to take action against global warming, environmental degradation and hunger in the world. It includes...

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Food and Agriculture, Recycling and Waste Management, Taking Action
    Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
    Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
    Grade:JK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  • Globalization

    Global Statistics

    This site contains detailed country statistics, charts, and maps compiled from multiple sources.

    Type:Research
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Food and Agriculture, Globalization
    Subject:Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
    Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
    Grade:K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  • Recycling and Waste Management

    Green Kitty

    A video that talks about actions that youth can take to lead a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. This episode focuses on daily practices that would make our lifestyles more green, by looking to a cat for inspiration.

    Type:Video
    Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Food and Agriculture, Recycling and Waste Management
    Subject:Geography, Social Studies
    Level:Intermediate / Middle
    Grade: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  • Food and Agriculture

    How do farmers grow food around the world?

    There is a dual focus for this activity: investigating the origin of and growing methods for a food, and growing a garden. Over the course of several weeks, you can introduce different methods used by farmers to grow food, why...

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Biodiversity, Food and Agriculture
    Subject:Science, Geography, Environmental Studies
    Level:Intermediate / Middle
    Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  • Food and Agriculture

    Is Climate Change Good for Us?

    This activity is designed to encourage students to consider how changes in climate could affect them personally. They are then asked to broaden their focus by looking at the big picture to see how changes could affect their regions....

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Food and Agriculture
    Subject:Science
    Level:Intermediate / Middle
    Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  • Food and Agriculture

    Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

    In this video Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments -- through this video one learns...

    Type:Video
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Food and Agriculture
    Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
    Level:Secondary
    Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  • Natural Resources

    Maple Syrup Value Systems and Value Chains: Considering Aboriginal and Non- Aboriginal Perspectives

    Abstract from this detailed, academic journal article: Harvested from both intensive sugar maple stands and diverse mixed forest ecosystems across Ontario, maple syrup is an important rural and Aboriginal...

    Type:Research
    Topic:Aboriginal Rights and Knowledge, Food and Agriculture, Natural Resources
    Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Aboriginal Studies
    Level:Secondary
    Grade: 12
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