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Curated OER

Public Lands: Hidden Histories

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the economic, scientific, recreational, and spiritual values of public lands. They interpret First Nations quotes that demonstrate the unique relationship between First Nations and the land. Students identify important...
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Curated OER

Strangers in Their Own Land

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use interview techniques to explore the traditional wisdom of fishers, farmers, First Nations, and other peoples whose close relationship with nature gives them a deeper understanding of, and sensitivity toward, climatic cycles...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Environment: Assess Your Habitat's Health

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners research their ecozone in Canada and label on maps various parks and wildlife areas. They role-play as doctors with their ecozones as patients and search for symptoms from pollution, urbanization, loss of habitat, and decline of...
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Parks Canada: Yoho National Park: The Burgess Shale

For Students 9th - 10th
First discovered by Charles Walcott in 1909, the Burgess Shale is a UNESCO World Heritage site containing fossils dating back to the Cambrian period, 505 million years ago. This site provides the history of this area and information on...