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  • Taking Action

    Thematic Poetry Videos

    Overview: Youth literacy can be promoted by leveraging youth culture, such as rap/music videos. By merging sound and visual imagery with text, a poetry writing task can be transformed into a multi-media video assignment. English...

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Solutions, Taking Action
    Subject:English / Language Arts, Arts
    Level:Intermediate / Middle
    Grade: 6 7 8 9
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  • Air, Atmosphere and Climate

    Thermal Islands

    This module discusses the growing problem associated with heat waves and air qualities in urban enviornments. After reading through the scenario and using the additional resources provided, students complete investigations to further...

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate
    Subject:Mathematics, Science, Geography, Technology and Skilled Trades, Environmental Studies
    Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
    Grade:K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  • Social Justice

    Through the Eyes of a Boy / Through the Camera of a Girl

    This short film has been produced by Mery, 17, from El Salvador with the support of Plan. She documents the life of a young boy from a coffee plantation, and how it is affected by climate change. The video was first screened at the...

    Type:Video
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Natural Disasters, Social Justice
    Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
    Level:Secondary
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  • Energy Use and Conservation

    Tin Can Solar Heaters

    Plans to create a pop-can solar heater to demostrate power of sun. Even used to heat a portable. Great to explore science principle.

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation
    Subject:Science, Environmental Science
    Level:Secondary
    Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  • Social Justice

    Tobacco Control Lesson 4.2: In His/Her Shoes

    Students will research the laws around tobacco of another part of the world and write a brief narrative from the perspecitve living in the environment created by those regulations. This activity is part of TeenNet's Virtual...

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Health, Social Justice
    Subject:Health & Wellbeing
    Level:Secondary
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  • Natural Disasters

    Toronto's Future Weather and Climate Driver Study vol 1

    Produced by the City of Toronto in collaboration with SENES Consultants Limited, this 2011 study looks at the impact of global and regional climate change on the city of Toronto. The source uses several climate models in to create...

    Type:Research
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Energy Generation, Natural Disasters
    Subject:Science, Geography, Environmental Studies
    Level:Secondary
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  • Solutions

    Tourism and Recreation In a Changing Climate (Ontario)

    Tourism and Recreation In a Changing Climate (Ontario) : A factsheet on the impacts of climate change on tourism and recreation in Ontario.

    Type:Research
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Health, Solutions
    Subject:Geography, Physical Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
    Level:Secondary
    Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  • Globalization

    Transportation in a Global Market

    In this lesson, students will learn how to meaure distances on a map and practice finding countries on a world map. Students will examine the global market by tracing the supply chain for a single pair of jeans from raw materials to a...

    Type:Lesson Plan
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Energy Use and Conservation, Globalization
    Subject:Geography, Economics, Social Studies
    Level:Intermediate / Middle
    Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  • Recycling and Waste Management

    United Nations and Climate Change

    Link to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change website. which outlines the UN's current poisition on issues surrounding climate change. Webpage includes links to crucial UN documents such as: - The...

    Type:Research
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Globalization, Recycling and Waste Management
    Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Global Studies
    Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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  • Taking Action

    United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    This link connects to a PDF which outlines the findings of the United Nations 1992 Convention on Climate Change!

    Type:Research
    Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Governance, Taking Action
    Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies
    Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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