| (1) | Arctic Animals of Alaska |
| (http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/alaska/index.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: In this mini-unit available online, grade 1-2 students can conduct research, write a poem about and arctic animal, and create a visitor's brochure for Denali National Park!.
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| (2) | Bringing Climate Change into the Classroom |
| (http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/english/teachers/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: Today's children and youth have to live with the results of the decisions we make today. They need to know about climate change and the steps they can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Government of Canada's Climate Change Action Fund (CCAF) has funded several youth and education projects over the past several years. Some of these projects are national in scope while others are strictly provincial. Check out what's been done in your province and get your school or classroom involved – we can all make a difference!.
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| (3) | Campus Alberta Repository of Educational Objects (CAREO) |
| (http://www.ucalgary.ca/commons/careo/index.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-02) |
| Purpose: The Campus Alberta Repository of Educational Objects (CAREO) project aims to create both an online repository of educational objects for post-secondary educators and a community that creates and supports those objects. The objects within this repository are designed to be freely available to educators both in Alberta and beyond. The objects are defined as any digital entity with a demonstrated pedagogical value, which can be used, re-used or referenced during technology supported learning.
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| (4) | Canada's Digital Collections |
| (http://collections.ic.gc.ca/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: Canada's Digital Collections is one of the largest sources of Canadian content on the Internet. More than 600 collections are available, celebrating Canada's history, geography, science, technology and culture. Many of the collections include learning materials and interactive games.
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| (5) | Canadian Botanical Association - Teaching Section Website |
| (http://www.trentu.ca/biology/botany/welcome.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: The members of the Teaching Section of the Canadian Botanical Association have produced this page as a resource for teachers of botany at all levels from elementary school to university. The site will be particularly helpful to those who are about to start a career in teaching. Ideas include simple, often inexpensive experiments that will turn student on to plants! View and download images and make use of full scientific units for all ages. The site is available in English and French.
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| (6) | Canadian Environmental Education Curriculum Assessment Program |
| (http://www.ceecap.com/about.php?lang) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: This searchable database provides valuable information about selected environmental topics and the depth to which they are being examined in provincial and regional curricula. Search results will indicate precisely which topics have been introduced, in what course streams and which jurisdictions. This comprehensive database includes the curricula of grades 1 - 12 in both French and English school programs from across Canada.
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| (7) | Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society—Greening Your Curriculum |
| (http://www.cpawscalgary.org/education/free-resources/lessons.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: CPAWS offers free teaching resources on a variety of subjects. Topics include 5 minute field trips, Grizzly Bears Forever, What is the Y2Y? Wetland Web of Life, S.O.S. Saving our Species, Why Aspens Need Wolves, Language Arts and the Environment, Inventing the Future, and Edu-Action Teaching Kits for elementary and junior high school.
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| (8) | Canadian Wildlife Federation - Wild Education |
| (http://www.wildeducation.org/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: WILD Education offers an abundance of learning resources as valuable to teachers as to non-formal educators, as inspiring to scouts and guides as to elementary and secondary students. These include curriculum-linked classroom activities and outdoor projects for kindergarden through to senior high school..
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| (9) | Carnegie Mellon University - Environmental Decision Making, Resources, and Technology |
| (http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/environ/m1/s1/index.shtml) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: This web-based text is intended for use by professors of various backgrounds to provide students a "working" knowledge of environmental issues and decision making, science, and technology in that context. This site also provides classroom exercises at the University level.
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| (10) | CBC Archives - Resources for Teachers |
| (http://archives.cbc.ca/topic_index) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: The CBC archives offer educational materials for Grades 6-12. Some environmentally-related topics of interest include: acid rain, clear cutting and logging, the James Bay project and the Cree, and more. These resources complement CBC archive topics which provide valuable background information and include five lessons per topic, divided by grade level. All educational materials are available free of charge.
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| (11) | Clean Nova Scotia - Quagmire |
| (http://www.clean.ns.ca/default.asp?mn=1.20.73) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: Quagmire is a curriculum-linked, interactive role-playing game for grades 5-12, providing a real-life situation surrounding the proposed development of a Maritime saltwater marsh. Participating in a debate, students take on the roles of various stakeholders such as government, industry, business, farmers and environmental organizations to discuss the fate of a saltwater marsh located in the Maritimes. Quagmire is a highly interactive game that stimulates students' participation and critical-thinking.
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| (12) | Climate Change North |
| (http://www.climatechangenorth.ca) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: Climate Change North is an educational website created for northerners by northerners. It’s about understanding how climate change affects us, and what we can do about it. On the Climate Change North website there is Backgrounders, Lesson Plans, Curriculum Links, Resources, Glossary, and a Student Exchange where students can post their work and see what others have done. Materials cover all subject areas for learners K-12. This site was developed for Yukon, NWT and Nunavut.
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| (13) | Conflict Yellowstone Wolves |
| (http://www.powayschools.com/projects/mt&r/ConflictYellowstoneWolf.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-02-06) |
| Purpose: Should wolves in Yellowstone National Park be removed? Students research wolves and the public policy debates (starting with the links provided at this site), then form and defend their opinions. The lessons conclude with an exercise in letter writing to a person that has deep feelings about the wolf issue. Students should expect to receive a response. A great learning experience for middle and high school.
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| (14) | Connexions: Sharing Knowledge and Building Community |
| (http://cnx.rice.edu/index_html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: Based on the belief that knowledge should be free, open, and shared, Connexions is a rapidly growing collection of free scholarly materials and a powerful set of free software tools to help instructors rapidly build and share custom courses.Connexions offers educational materials for everyone — from children to college students to professionals — organized in small modules that are easily connected into larger courses.
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| (15) | Earth Charter Initiative, The |
| (http://www.earthcharter.org/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: On this site find a remarkable database of Earth Charter related publications in digital format. They can be freely downloaded and used as appropriate. The materials include documentation on the drafting process, power point presentations, annual reports, bulletins, newsflashes, essays, speeches, personal commentaries and videos..
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| (16) | Earth Ed - The New Brunswick Environmental Education Catalogue |
| (http://www.nben.ca/earthed.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: The New Brunswick Environmental Network has developed a database to assist teachers and other educators in locating New Brunswick-relevant environmental education materials, speakers, and field trips..
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| (17) | Earthrangers |
| (http://www.earthrangers.ca) (Last viewed: 2007-03-08) |
| Purpose: Earth Rangers offers a variety of programmes including In-School Assemblies which brings kids face to face with non-releasable wildlife through our dynamic, multimedia Assembly Program, School-based Action Projects which encourages and supports school-based environmental projects like schoolyard naturalizations, waste and energy audits, and community clean-ups, Outdoor Experiences to outdoor education centres and summer camps for less-privileged children, and Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation.
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| (18) | Ecological Society of America - Education Office |
| (http://www.esa.org/education/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-08) |
| Purpose: The primary goals of the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) Education Program are to increase diversity within ecology-related professions, to engage the public in a dialogue on ecological research and issues, and to improve the quality of ecology education at all levels.
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| (19) | Electronic Naturalist |
| (http://www.enaturalist.org) (Last viewed: 2007-03-02) |
| Purpose: The Electronic Naturalist offers a variety of material for students. Each week for 30 consecutive weeks during the school year, a new environmental unit will be available. Units cover "creepy crawlies", insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, plants, and environmental issues. Each unit includes a printable mini-poster, additional information on each topic, a weekly list of definitions, an activity that can easily be performed in the classroom or at home, and links to other web sites that expand the topic..
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| (20) | Environmental Education (Environment Alberta) |
| (http://environment.gov.ab.ca/edu/listingEd.asp?audience=Teachers) (Last viewed: 2007-03-07) |
| Purpose: Tools for Educators! Access teaching guides, posters, activities and professional development opportunities. Discover resources developed by Alberta Environment, our partners, and other organizations..
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| (21) | Environmental Science Teacher Exchange - The Ecological Literacy Council |
| (http://www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/13.html) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose:This is an online archive for teachers of environmental science courses. It is a place to share labs, field studies and investigations, and teaching ideas with colleagues.
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| (22) | Environment Canada - Teaching Resources about Water |
| (http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/info/pubs/e_teach.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: This site offers free PowerPoint presentations, educational primers, and booklets about water conservation and other water-related issues in Canada..
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| (23) | Exploring the Environment (ETE) |
| (http://www.cotf.edu/ete/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: The ETE online series features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities. The ETE modules and activities ask students to address human activities and their impacts upon the environment..
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| (24) | Facing the Future, People and the Planet - Teacher's Corner |
| (http://www.teacherscorner.org/) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: Teacher's Corner offers free lessons and activities for teaching about global issues and solutions. Materials are available for grades 5 through 12. (You may also want to check out Creative Action, on this site.).
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| (25) | Fored BC |
| (http://www.landscapesmag.com) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: FORED offers free downloadable lesson plans and classroom activities. Resource packages are available at a low cost and depending on the order and availability of materials, may include posters, maps, brochures, reports, videos, and other items from a variety of sources for balance. The lessons are interdisciplinary and as a result are appropriate for a variety of classes including Fine Arts, Science, Drama, Social Studies, Language Arts, and History.
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| (26) | Forest Simulation Model |
| (http://ddc.hampshire.edu/simforest/) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: This site offers inquiry-based software and curriculum that simulates core principles of forest ecology.
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| (27) | Fort Whyte Centre |
| (http://www.fortwhyte.org) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: The Fort Whyte Centre, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, offers a wide range of Science, Social Studies and Recreation Programs in English and French for Grades K-S4. All programs meet learning outcomes of Manitoba Education and Training curriculum guides.
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| (28) | Friends of Environmental Education Society of Alberta (FEESA) |
| (http://www.insideeducation.ca/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-09) |
| Purpose: The Friends of Environment Education Society of Alberta is a private, non-profit education arganization that promotes, coordinates, and suports bias-balanced environmental education across Alberta. FEESA strives to empower all Albertans to empower all Albertans to make informed choices about the environment by providing bias-balanced environmental education. It provides professional development programs, online classroom resources, and information on field trips and activities..
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| (29) | Galiano Conservancy Association ALIANO CONSERVANCY ASSOCIATION |
| (http://www.galianoconservancy.ca) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: The 'From the Forest to the Sea' watershed education program is the cornerstone of the Conservancy’s hands-on educational work. It is unique in exploring all the components of the basic ecological unit of the watershed - stream, lake, forest and sea. Drawing mainly from the Greater Vancouver and Victoria areas for day long programs, the Conservancy offers integrated ecological education to youth aged 5-18 and to family groups..
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| (30) | Get Wise |
| (http://www.getwise.org/) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: This website has a teacher’s corner with free downloadable materials (FAQs, worksheets, and activities) to help teach about energy and water conservation. The site also has a fun, interactive portion that individuals can play games and take a tour around a house to learn tricks about how to conserve water and energy..
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| (31) | Global, Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council - Alberta (GEOEC) |
| (http://www.geoec.org/resources/index.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-09) |
| Purpose: The Global, Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council is a specialist council of the Alberta Teachers' Association. Its mission is to promote quality professional development for teachers in the area of global, environmental, and outdoor education. It publishes a newsletter, conducts workshops and conferences, and provides online resources such as lesson plans..
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| (32) | Global Warming: Early Warning Signs - Exploring Climate Change Impacts |
| (http://www.climatehotmap.org/curriculum/climate_change_guide.pdf) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: This is a curriculum guide for high school courses in Biology, Environmental Science, Geography, Earth Science and others focusing on the society-environment
Interface was developed by the Union of Concerned Scientists to accompany the world map "Global Warming: Early Warning Signs" (www.climatehotmap.org). The activities engage students in an exploration of the impacts of global climate change on ecosystems and natural resources, on community, and on individuals and society..
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| (33) | Great Plant Escape, The |
| (http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/tg/index.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: The Great Plant Escape site offers a multi-award winning elementary program for 4th and 5th grade students. Each of the lessons in this program is interdisciplinary, designed to introduce students to plant science and increase their understanding of how foods grow. Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts, social studies, music and art. You have many options in this program.
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| (34) | Greenlearning |
| (http://www.greenlearning.ca) (Last viewed: 2007-03-08) |
| Purpose: Greenlearning.ca is an innovative project of the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development developed to bring accurate and engaging educational materials to students, teachers and parents. This site is available free for Alberta school users..
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| (35) | Greenlearning.ca |
| (http://www.greenlearning.ca/cu/index.php) (Last viewed: 2007-07-26) |
| Purpose: GreenLearning is an innovative education program of the Pembina Foundation. GreenLearning is a premier learning resource for innovative teachers interested in trends affecting students' future well-being. All GreenLearning projects are designed to save teachers time and help them be more effective classroom teachers. GreenLearning helps students participate in their own learning while gaining a more holistic and hopeful understanding of complex energy and environmental challenges..
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| (36) | Green Map System |
| (http://www.greenmap.org/grmaps/gmkids.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: The Green Map System is a global collaboration that helps people everywhere make their own local Green Maps. Creating neighborhood-scale Green Maps helps young people sharpen their powers of observation as they learn about the community and ecology around their home and school.
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| (37) | Green Street |
| (http://www.green-street.ca) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: Green Street links schools in Canada to reputable Environmental Education
organizations across the country which offer credible, accessible,
curriculum-linked, affordable (sometimes free) environmental education
programmes. Some organizations include the Canadian Parks and Wilderness
Society (CPAWS), Ducks Unlimited Canada, Evergreen, World Wildlife Fund, and
Sierra Club.
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| (38) | Green Teacher |
| (http://www.greenteacher.com/articles.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: Visit this site for online articles and teaching activities from Green Teacher magazine..
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| (39) | Hinterland Who's Who - For Educators |
| (http://www.hww.ca/hww.asp?id=5&pid=0) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: This site includes lesson plans to inform young people about important conservation concepts such as biodiversity, sustainability, ecosystem conservation, and endangered species recovery. Through these lesson plans, participants will develop an understanding of the impact humans have on our environment, and discover ways to preserve Canadian wildlife..
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| (40) | Kananaskis Country Environmental Education Publications |
| (http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/featured/kananaskis/ed_materials.asp) (Last viewed: 2007-03-02) |
| The following is a list of publications currently available to teachers and community educators..
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| (41) | Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) |
| (http://www.lsf-lst.ca/en/teachers/classroom_online_active.php) (Last viewed: 2007-02-28) |
| Purpose: Learning for a Sustainable Future offers classroom activities, course modules, awareness raising tools, and much more for elementary and high school..
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| (42) | Lessons in Pollution Prevention |
| (http://www.ec.gc.ca/cppic/citizens/lessonPlans/En/index.cfm) (Last viewed: 2007-03-08) |
| Purpose: This resource is designed for teachers and other educational professionals who wish to educate their students about pollution prevention and other environmental issues. Topics include waste and problem solving, transport and graphing, structures and models, funding and writing, communities and design, and alternatives and science labs. Each topic is linked to curriculum elements (grades 6-8) in all Canadian provinces and territories..
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| (43) | Éléments - Online Environmental Magazine |
| (http://www.elements.nb.ca/index1.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: Elements online environmental magazine/ Éléments Révue ecolgique en direct. A wide spectrum of environmental information/une grande variété d’information environnementale..
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| (44) | Multemedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) |
| (http://www.merlot.org/Home.po) (Last viewed: 2007-02-28) |
| Purpose: MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments..
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| (45) | Naturewild - Young Naturalists Club (YNC) of Britich Columbia |
| (http://www.greenclub.bc.ca/Green_Club_Activity/VNHS/Young_Naturalist_Club/young_naturalist_club.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-03-08) |
| Purpose: The YNC publishes a quarterly magazine titled NatureWILD, the only magazine for children that focuses on nature & the environment in BC. A year's subscription is $15 for classrooms or libraries, 2 copies of each issue. To subscribe send name & address and cheque or money order for $15 made out to YNC, mail to YNC, Box 3021, MPO, Vancouver, B.C., V6B 3X5.
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| (46) | Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP), The |
| (http://ncep.amnh.org/us/) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP) is a global project to improve the practice of biodiversity conservation by improving training in biodiversity conservation. NCEP targets educators working with undergraduate and graduate students, and trainers working with conservation professionals in a variety of settings..
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| (47) | Nova Scotia Natural Resources Education Centre, The |
| (http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/extension/education/default.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: The NREC offers both indoor and outdoor programmes including Virtual Educational Woodlot Tours, Wildlife Walks, Presentations on Sustainable Forestry. Developed for teachers and their students, these modules are packed with information and activities about wildlife and forestry. In class modules can be obtained through the mail or downloaded from this site or read online..
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| (48) | Ontario EcoSchools Program |
| (http://www.yorku.ca/ecoschl/index.asp) (Last viewed: 2007-02-06) |
| Purpose: Ontario EcoSchools is an environmental education program that addresses both how the schools are run and what students learn. It has been designed collaboratively by school boards for school boards to incorporate environmental education as well as environmentally responsible action into the school setting. Student success—in both academics and positive contributions to society—is the focus of Ontario EcoSchools. The program aims to influence young people during a formative period of life, and affect an exponential impact as children take a culture of conservation home with them..
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| (49) | Out to Learn (Glenside Ecological Services Limited) |
| (http://www.outtolearn.ca/OTL/otl_home.htm) (Last viewed: 2008-05-07) |
| Out to Learn, a division of Glenside Ecological Services Limited and endorsed by the Haliburton Highlands Stewardship Council, develops and delivers natural resource, ecological and environmental educational programs that are designed to provide participants with factual and theoretical information in an interesting and interactive manner. These programs are science and geography based with direct links to the Ontario curriculum. Drawing from our strong scientific backgrounds, programs are easily tailored to a wide variety of audiences, from Grade 5 to educators, professionals and citizens.
Out to Learn program packages are being offered at Kinark Outdoor Centre located in Haliburton County..
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| (50) | Parks Canada - Teacher's Corner |
| (http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/index_e.asp) (Last viewed: 2007-02-27) |
| Purpose: This web site links directly to the Teacher Resource Centre which contains over 90 downloadable, curriculum-based educational resources for Ontario, Manitoba, Saskachewan, grades 3-12 (eventually to be expanded to all provinces and territories). On this site you can also find a link to Special Places: Eco-lessons from the National Parks in Atlantic Canada, an interactive Atlantic Canada Science curriculum supplement is designed for: Grades 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11..
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| (51) | Planet Earth |
| (http://www.powayschools.com/projects/mt&r/PlanetEarthMainPage.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-02-06) |
| Purpose: Ecological activities for middle-school students.
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| (52) | Pollution Probe - Primer Series |
| (http://www.pollutionprobe.org/Publications/Primers.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: Pollution Probe's Primer Series offer comprehensive, objective explanations for a variety of environmental issues. Also included is information on what is being done and possibilities for individual action. Topics include: drinking water, climate change and human health, emissions trading, renewable energy, acid rain, smog, etc..
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| (53) | Population Connection |
| (http://www.populationeducation.org/index.jsp) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: An award winning program which offers teaching activities, readings, and background materials for teaching about population..
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| (54) | Population Reference Bureau - Educators |
| (http://www.prb.org/template.cfm?Section=Educators) (Last viewed: 2007-03-07) |
| Purpose: The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations..
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| (55) | Project Atmosphere Canada |
| (http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/education/teachers_guides/index_e.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: Project Atmosphere Canada (PAC) is a collaborative initiative of Environment Canada and the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) directed towards teachers in the primary and secondary schools across Canada. It is designed to promote an interest in meteorology amongst young people, and to encourage and foster the teaching of the atmospheric sciences and related topics in Canada in grades K-12. Material in the Project Atmosphere Canada Teacher's Guide has been duplicated or adapted with the permission of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) from its Project ATMOSPHERE teacher guides..
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| (56) | Project Learning Tree |
| (http://www.plt.org/cms/pages/25_103_85.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-02) |
| Purpose: Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award winning, multi-disciplinary environmental education program for educators and students in pre-kindergarden to grade 12. PLT, a program of the American Forest Foundation, is one of the most widely used environmental education programs in the United States and abroad. PLT also offers an online, quarterly newsletter called Branch which reports on EE news, featured contributors, teacher tips, and EE resources. There are Canadian offices in many provinces..
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| (57) | Re-Energy.ca |
| (http://www.re-energy.ca/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: Check out the re-energy.ca web site for comprehensive, easy-to-understand information about renewable energy and sustainable transportation. Select from topics such as wind, water, solar and biomass energy. Ideal for students in grades 6 to 12..
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| (58) | Science Fairs |
| (http://www.cdli.ca/sciencefairs/) (Last viewed: 2007-02-28) |
| Purpose: The new Science Fairs homepage is a project of the Eastern Newfoundland Science Fairs Council designed to aid students in the most difficult aspect of their science fair experience; getting an idea. Available here are links to information on the Canada Wide Science Fair and a listing of many science project ideas that are appropriate for all age levels.
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| (59) | Scientists and Innovators in the Schools |
| (http://www.dal.ca/~sits/) (Last viewed: 2007-02-28) |
| Purpose: Scientists and Innovators in the Schools (SITS) promotes science and technology awareness among Nova Scotia’s school students. It strives to nurture a relationship between the education and science communities in the province. They organized a Speaker’s Bureau, arranging for volunteers in the many areas of science and technology to visit classrooms across Nova Scotia. Their website also a climate change action pack and an "ask-a-scientist" page..
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| (60) | Seeds Foundation |
| (http://www.seedsfoundation.ca/index.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: The SEEDS Foundation has been providing bias-balanced, curriculum fit energy and environmental education programs for the past 27 years. Programs include: Greenschools, Creating a Climate of Change, Our Challenges Series (the Writing Challenge, the Bird Challenge, the One Tonne Challenge, and the Water Challenge), and the Energy Literacy Series..
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| (61) | Shorekeepers |
| (http://www.keepersweb.org/Shorekeepers/index.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: The Shorekeepers' Guide presents a logical step-by-step, intertidal surveying methodology. It may be used to collect data over the long term, useful for detecting gradual changes to habitats and local biodiversity of coastal ecosystems..
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| (62) | Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park |
| (http://wildlifepark.gov.ns.ca/teachers/index.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: The Shubenacadie Wildlife Park offers educational programmes both on-site and in the classroom. Topics covered include Animal Adaptations, Birds of Prey, Food Chains, Habitat, and Species at Risk..
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| (63) | Sierra Club of Canada (B.C. Chapter) - Education |
| (http://www.sierraclub.ca/bc/programs/education/index.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: The B.C. Chapter of the Sierra Club offers a variety of hands-on, curriculum-linked, environmental education programs for grades K-6 and 9-12. Programmes are divided into levels to meet appropriate learner styles and fit grade-specific curriculum connections..
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| (64) | Sky Watchers |
| (http://www.weatheroffice.pyr.ec.gc.ca/skywatchers/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: Sky Watchers is an interactive educational program for elementary schools, designed specifically to support the science curriculum. Students learn about the science of meteorology by taking weather observations during the school year. This bilingual program is intended as a teaching aid for Grades 4 to 7. The teacher's guide contains explanations, experiments, and suggested activities that overlap into related subjects like mathematics and geography..
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| (65) | Smile Program Biology Index |
| (http://www.iit.edu/~smile/biolinde.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: This website offers a collection of almost 200 single concept lessons. The Biology lessons are divided into the following categories: Anatomy & Physiology, Zoology, Botany, Microbiology, Genetics, Environmental Studies and Ecology, Biochemistry, General Biology and Miscellaneous. These lessons may be freely copied and used in a classroom but they remain the copyright property of the author(s) and the directors of the SMILE program. This site is suitable for junior and senior high instruction..
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| (66) | Starting Point - Teaching Entry Level Geoscience |
| (http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/index.html) (Last viewed: 2007-02-28) |
| Purpose: SERC works to enhance science education through workshops and websites that support faculty in improving their teaching. Starting Point - Teaching Entry Level Geoscience, is accessible through this site. It is designed for faculty and graduate students teaching undergraduate entry-level geoscience, environmental science, or related courses. Each section describes a teaching method, why/when it is useful, how it can be implemented, and a set of examples spanning the Earth system that can be used in your class..
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| (67) | Statistics Canada Learning Resources |
| (http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-06) |
| Purpose: Statistics: Statistical data, publications, teaching tools, programs, and support for students and teachers.
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| (68) | Switch Zoo |
| (http://www.switchzoo.com/default.htm) (Last viewed: 2007-03-08) |
| Purpose: The Educator's Resources section of this site offers lesson plans which are designed so they can be used for separate science, creative writing or persuasive writing projects, or for a larger, interdisciplinary activity..
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| (69) | Teach Great Lakes |
| (http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/) (Last viewed: 2007-03-08) |
| Purpose: TEACH Great Lakes features mini-lessons on many Great Lakes topics: environment, history & culture, geography, pollution and careers & business. Geared for elementary through high school students, the modules are continually expanded and updated and include links to a glossary to help explain scientific terms and acronyms. There is also an extensive list of educational links to regional agencies and organizations related to the Great Lakes..
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| (70) | Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) |
| (http://tiee.ecoed.net/misc/submit.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-05) |
| Purpose: TIEE is designed to improve ecology teaching by helping undergraduate faculty include more student-active teaching approaches in ecology courses, both in lecture and in lab..
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| (71) | UV Index and Sun Protection - Resources for Teachers and Students |
| (http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/education/uvindex/resources/index_e.html) (Last viewed: 2007-03-08) |
| Purpose: This website has a link to the Sun Savvy school club, with information for elementary school students about smart tips for spending time in the sun. It also has links to the High School Sun Awareness Program and other presentations, movies and resources about the sun..
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