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Adopt an Ecosystem
2025-12-05
In any area — a pond, meadow, or your backyard — water, soil, air and living things form an ecosystem. Your ecosystem includes the sunshine, air, water, land, food, house and friends you depend on to keep you healthy and happy.
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Alien Impacts - Assess the Mess
2025-12-05
Students research the presence of native and non-native species in their area, the effects of exotics on local wildlife and habitat, interrelationships among plants and animals, and other observations relating to alien species. Students share their findings with the rest of the class and participate in a discussion.
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Aliens Among Us
2025-12-05
Assign this resource sheet to students as homework or as a classroom reading activity. This backgrounder outlines key terms and concepts that are fleshed out later on.
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Alien X-Files or Accidental Tourists
2025-12-05
Students do a card-matching activity to learn how human activities accidentally transport invasive species into ecosystems. Pairs or groups explore in greater depth the introduction and spread of an individual animal or plant.
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An Ecosystem Approach
2025-12-05
Your ecosystem includes the land, air, water, sunshine, food, home, schoolmates, friends, and family you need to grow up healthy and happy.
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An Ice Place to Be!
2025-12-05
Students create illustrations and make a presentation of the key survival strategies of fresh water fish in various winter conditions.
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An Unnatural History
2025-12-05
Students investigate historical relationships between Aboriginal peoples and native wildlife, as well as intentional introductions of exotic animals and plants to North America by explorers and settlers. Students also trace the historical and geographical origins of alien species found in their own part of Canada and then share their findings in an oral presentation.
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Aquatic Habitat Projects
2025-12-05
Creating a mini-wetland in your schoolyard is surprisingly simple. It may be your key to attracting a host of wet and wild creatures.
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Are We Disturbing Birds?
2025-12-05
Students will identify changes that have taken place in their community in the recent past. Based on their findings, they will suggest how the changes may have affected local birds and how to improve conditions for them through specific habitat projects or changes in land use policies. Older students could develop a map-based plan of recommended action.
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Arrange for Wildlife
2025-12-05
It's important to arrange your plantings so that they provide maximum benefits for wildlife.
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A Special Wild Places Festival
2025-12-05
This student-led activity brings together any of the projects completed in this unit for a culminating event to celebrate the theme of National Wildlife Week.
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A Student Leadership Approach to Festival Organization
2025-12-05
A festival or celebration is simply a collection of activities, displays, and presentations with a common theme.
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A Treasure Hunt on the Watery Web
2025-12-05
Try this virtual scavenger hunt. Answer all the questions by searching the Oceans Day partners' Web sites listed in parentheses after each question.
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Attack Water Pollution
2025-12-04
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A Watery Merry-Go-Round
2025-11-28
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A Watery Wonderland
2025-11-28
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Be Cool... Stay Cool
2025-12-05
A role-playing activity about the effect of the changing environment on people and wildlife in Canada's North.
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Bee Courteous, Bee Safe
2025-12-05
You may attract more than butterflies to your garden — other pollinators, such as bees, may also appreciate your efforts.
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Benefits and Values, Threats and Consequences
2025-12-05
It is easy to overlook the services provided by pollinators, living and non-living. Yet, without pollination, many plants could not reproduce.
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Biodiversity Field Study
2025-12-05
One way to conserve our aquatic treasures is to participate in a biodiversity field study along a migratory route.
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Bio what?
2025-12-05
Biodiversity is a simple way of saying biological diversity — but don't worry, we can make it even easier than that!
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Bird Banquets
2025-12-05
Students erect a platform birdfeeder and observe which foods are preferred by which birds.
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Boost Ocean Biodiversity
2025-12-05
We've scarcely begun to understand the diversity hidden in the ocean and the interrelationships among its innumerable parts.
