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  iMatter Global Warming Call to Action

  A fantastic and youthful campaign that encourages students to take interest in the issues surrounding climate change that are central to their lives. This would be a great hook for a unit on climate change.

  Type:Video
  Topic:Solutions, 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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  In Transition

  The Transition movement is about communities around the world responding to peak oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humour, and setting about rebuilding their local economies and communities. It is positive,...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Theatre/Drama, Social Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
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  It All Adds Up!

  It All Adds Up! is Lesson 4 from "Climate Change: Connections & Solutions". In this lesson, students calculate their carbon footprint using an online carbon calculator and compare their results to the carbon footprint of...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Mathematics, Technology and Skilled Trades, Social Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Live Green Toronto Map

  Live Green Toronto Map is an interactive map provided on the City of Toronto website, that highlights several environmental actions currently conducted within the city. This map includes several projects and programs such as the...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Geography, History and Social Science, Social Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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  Next Generation Textbook?

  In this 4:35 min. TED Talk presentation, an independent small publisher has produced an innovative digital textbook for the iPad. Titled Our Choice, it is written by Al Gore and is the sequel to An Inconvenient Truth. It features...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Renewable Energy, Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Science, Geography, Business Education, Global Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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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 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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  OF2 - Our Footprints, Our Future

  "(OF)2: Our Footprints, Our Future!" is an international initiative that encourages youth (ages 19 and younger) from around the world to use online tools and resources to measure their carbon footprint and develop ways to...

  Type:Collaborative Project
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Sustainable Development, Taking Action
  Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Ontario's Climate Change Action Strategy

  Ontario's Climate Change Strategy, 2015 — is a comprehensive summary of the impacts and the challenges — by sector (such as transportation, buildings, etc.) — as well as the actions required to reduce...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Solutions, Taking Action
  Subject:Science, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 8 9 10 11 12
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  Quest for Clean Shorelines

  This project will have you and your action team doing your part to help remove garbage from a local body of water. By removing litter from sensitive aquatic habitats you are helping to restore the environment and creating healthier...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Recycling and Waste Management, Taking Action, Water Issues
  Subject:Science, Social Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle
  Grade:JK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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