Education Database
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Water
This resource introduces water as an essential element in the life of all species. Students conduct experiments to understand the properties of salt water versus fresh water. By studying the changing habitat of the polar bear,...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Health, Water Issues
Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Water Footprint Calculator
Take students on a water tour through their homes, yards, diets, and transportation and consumer choices! Then, have them pledge to cut their water footprints and help return more water to rivers, lakes, wetlands, underground...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Solutions, Water Issues
Subject:Geography, Social Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Water Resources and Hydroclimate
This link provides a concise explanation of water resources and hydroclimates, explaining how climate change affects these issues and providing links to additional publications and research on the issue.
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Water Issues
Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Water Stewardship – From Source to Sea
This presentation will identify elements of water literacy through a stewardship study with grades 4/5 school students. While drawing from a specific school project, it will identify elements that can be transferred to other...
Type:Video
Topic:Water Issues
Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Environmental Science
Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Water Will Be Here
Inspired by issues relating to climate change, Water Will Be Here imagines what it might feel like if sea levels rose to the point where parts of New York City found themselves underwater. This site-specific video installation uses...
Type:Video
Topic:Taking Action, Water Issues
Subject:Visual Arts, Social Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade:
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Watersheds and Climate Change, Ask-an-Expert
Paul Lehman is the General Manager of Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) — the conservation agency responsible for the Carp and Mississippi watersheds in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario. Climate Change Where I...
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Water Issues
Subject:Science, Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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Wend Wendland on Traditional Knowledge
Wend Wendland, World Intellectual Property Organization, delves into the issues of traditional knowledge, looking at where the rights lie, and the treaties emerging to protect them. View video here
Type:Video
Topic:Environment, Human Rights
Subject:Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Aboriginal Studies, Environmental Science
Level:Secondary
Grade:
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What About Shady Acres?
This simulation activity is modelled after a controversial land development process that actually took place in the Town of Canmore in 1996 - but it is reminiscent of land development and land use issues that occur throughout Alberta....
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Governance, Natural Resources, 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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What is a Carbon Offset?
What is a carbon offset?
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
Subject:Science, Geography, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 10 11 12
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What Is a Watershed? - Poster
A poster that explains what a watershed is. Very useful in the Watershed-Climate Change Inquiry (one in the series of Climate Change Where I Live Inquiries). (Linked here and listed in Attachments)
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Water Issues
Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Earth Science, Environmental Science
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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