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  Death by Boredom: The Problem of Teaching Financial Literacy - The Globe and Mail

  Article detailing an interview with Moshe Milevsky, a finance professor at York University’s Schulich School of Business and author of a new book called King William’s Tontine, about the importance of teaching financial literacy and how...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Economics, Business Education, English as a Second Language
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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  EnerAction

  EnerAction helps you bring energy conservation and efficiency projects to your grade 4 to 7 students. EnerAction gets students talking about energy and helps them see the connections between energy consumption and their daily choices....

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy, Transportation
  Subject:Science, English / Language Arts, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7
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  Energy Detectives

  Students explore the classroom as they look and feel for signs of energy. They record the ways they use energy throughout a typical day in an energy detective journal.

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Science, English / Language Arts, Visual Arts
  Level:Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  Energy Efficiency Ambassadors

  In these activities, students will compare two products that provide the same function (in this case, light), but require different amounts of energy to do their job. Students will research and demonstrate energy efficiency in action...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation
  Subject:Mathematics, Science, English / Language Arts, Social Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  Energy Policies for a Cool Future

  Energy Policies for a Cool Future is Lesson 9 from "Climate Change: Connections & Solutions" for grades 9 to 12. Students discuss energy impacts and create policies for addressing global climate change related to energy...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Mathematics, Science, English / Language Arts, Geography, Social Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Energy Savings Activities—Lighting

  In these activities, students use the scientific method to examine school lighting technologies and determine if there are opportunities to save energy and money.

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Solutions
  Subject:Mathematics, Science, English / Language Arts, Visual Arts
  Level:Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  Exploring Values Towards Conservation

  Each group of students will read a First Nation story, identify the values expressed in it and discuss how these values relate to conservation issues we face today. With the knowledge that Elders and other respected community members...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Solutions
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Social Studies, Aboriginal Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Extreme Weather Factsheet

  Extreme weather has always been with us but climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather—thus, we can no longer use the past as a guide to the future. All administrations in Canada, be...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Natural Disasters, Taking Action
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Civics & Citizenship, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Financial Literacy and Sustainable Development Lesson Plans - English Language Arts Network

  Lesson plans and resources for grades 4-12
 language arts students. Topics include: • Grade 4 topics: Wants versus Needs, Poverty and Homelessness
 • Grade 5 topics: Charity, Fair Trade (Global Citizenship)
 • Grade 6: Global village...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Sustainable Development
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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  Fueling the Future

  Fueling the Future is one of 40 lessons from "Engaging Students Through Global Issues" (there is a cost for this publication). Students compare energy use and CO 2 emissions by sector in the United States and China (and...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Solutions, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Mathematics, Science, English / Language Arts, Geography, Social Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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