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  • Be Cool... Stay Cool

    Be Cool... Stay Cool

    A role-playing activity about the effect of the changing environment on people and wildlife in Canada's North.

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  • Test Your Sea Sense

    2025-12-05

    Complete this quiz by circling one response to each item.

  • The Global Aquatic Ecosystem

    2025-12-05

    All land is divided into watersheds — that is, areas of land that drain into particular bodies of water.

  • The Great Round-Table Debate

    2025-12-05

    Students role-play a round-table discussion about human use of a local watershed.

  • The Heat is On

    2025-12-05

    When we chop down forests, pave over wetlands, and pollute our lakes and seas, we deprive terrestrial and aquatic plants of their power to absorb greenhouse gases and keep the planet's climatic system in balance.

  • The Importance of Canada's North

    2025-12-05

    The Importance of Canada's North

  • The Northern Community

    2025-12-05

    The projects in this section are designed especially — but not exclusively — for residents of northern communities.

  • The Ocean Threats Scavenger Hunt

    2025-12-05

    How many of these ocean threats can you find in your community?

  • The Science of Pollination Primer

    2025-12-05

    Not all plants are seed-producing plants (known as spermatophytes) but most fall into two major groups: the flowering plants and the conifers. Of the more than 230,000 known species of plants worldwide, about 200,000 are flowering plants; another 500 are conifers while others include such plants as ferns and mosses. Most seed-producers owe their great success, in part, to pollination.