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  No Idling at Schools

  This project will help you and your Action Team increase your understanding of issues relating to climate change. You will develop an anti-idling campaign at your school, creating posters and information handouts about the negative...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Taking Action
  Subject:Mathematics, Science, English / Language Arts, Arts
  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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  No Impact Plan: Transportation

  Study how improved street design could encourage more students to use active forms of transportation like walking or biking to get to school. Educators can use this lesson to help students explore how improved street design could...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Solutions
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  No Impact Project: Consumption

  Examine how advertising affects our consumption habits and consider how we can get what we need in ways that do less harm to the environment. Create an alternative gift registry with items that are non-material, secondhand, homemade,...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Recycling and Waste Management, Taking Action
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  No Impact Project: Energy

  Take a look at our current system for supplying energy to our homes. Find out how to reduce our daily energy consumption and speak out on the need to have long-term, sustainable energy solutions.

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  No Impact Project: Food

  Explore how food choices affect the environment and our quality of life. Develop a plan for one meal that includes only food that is seasonal, local, and unpackaged. The lesson also incorporates web site resources that build on themes...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Food and Agriculture
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Economics, Health & Wellbeing
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  No Impact Project: Water

  Learn ways to conserve water and minimize the amount of chemicals that we put in our drains. The lesson also incorporates web site resources that build on themes that emerge from the family’s experiences.

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Solutions, Water Issues
  Subject:Science, English / Language Arts, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Once Upon a Bike (EnerAction)

  Students consider what they like about biking and play a true-or-false game to discover how the use of bikes differs over time and place. Students interview someone who can tell them about cycling in another time or place to help them...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Transportation
  Subject:Science, English / Language Arts, Social Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  Our Changing Climate for grades 3-6

  These five lesson plans are interdisciplinary in nature, standards-based, help students master the requisite background information on global climate change processes and how to communicate about the issue using communication...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Solutions
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 3 4 5 6
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  Our Changing Climate for grades 6-12

  These six interdisciplinary lesson plans help students master the requisite background information on global climate change processes, the importance of the Arctic to global climate, the potential effects of global warming in the...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Solutions
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Environmental Studies, Earth Science, Environmental Science
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Our Solar Future

  Our Solar Future  ( http://ecospark.ca/solar ) is a hands-on science unit on solar PV for Grade 6, Ontario curriculum. The lessons are structured so that teachers can easily integrate language arts, mathematics, and visual...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Mathematics, Science, English / Language Arts, Visual Arts
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle
  Grade:JK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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