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Build a Solar Oven

Inspire learners to build, test and design a solar oven. By the end of this activity, learners will be able to identify the purpose of and specific requirements for making a solar oven, while baking treats under solar heat that really cooks!

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Create and eCard!

eCards is a tool for students in grades 4-12. With educator support, younger grades can also successfully use this tool. eCards empowers youth to act for the climate by learning about environmental issues, creating informed messages, and acting on them.

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Wildfires Backgrounder

With an increase in the number and severity of wildfires in Canada, Canadians are experiencing the effects of fire season nation-wide. In this backgrounder, learners will find out more about the positive and negative effects of wildfires, and what is being done to help reduce destruction and encourage ecosystem health.

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

Climate Change Policy and Indigenous Relations

Learners will understand policy in the context of Indigenous relations, learn about Indigenous youth engagement and empowerment in shaping a low carbon future and discover the medicine wheel.

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

Climate Policy Options

Learners will explore different climate policy options and their co-benefits and tradeoffs. Learners will understand how climate policies have been implemented in different jurisdictions, and the successes and challenges in implementation.

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

Evolution of Climate Science

Learners will explore the evolution of climate science. They will learn about key events in the history of climate study and explore the debate around climate science denial.

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

Exploring the Need for Climate Policy - Decoding Carbon

Learn about the concept of externalities, market failures and need for government intervention. Understand how climate change is a negative externality, and explore the need for sustainable economic growth.

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

Global Impacts of Climate Change

Learners will explore the impacts of climate change in Canada and around the world. Learners will learn about the predicted impacts under different temperature increase scenarios.

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

How Does Canada Contribute to Global GHG Emissions?

Learners will understand Canada’s historic and current emissions relative to other countries. They will explore and answer the question: “Considering Canada’s emissions relative to other countries, why should Canada act on climate change?"

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

How is Climate Change Shaping this World?

Starting from a global overview, to a national, and then to a local perspective, learners will explore and understand the effects of the climate change crisis from different perspectives.

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

Market Failures: What Role Can Policy Play in Building a Low Carbon Future?

Learners will learn about what climate policy is, understand how policy can regulate negative externalities in a market, and learn about Canadian climate policies and laws.

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Social Studies • Grades 10 - 12

The Negative Externalities Game: Collective Action to Address Climate Change

Learners will understand the concept of negative externalities and climate change as a negative externality. They will explore the need for government intervention and collective action to address a climate change.

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Environmental Science • Grades 10 - 12

What Makes a Good Climate Change Policy?

Learners will understand the difference between policy, legislation, and regulations. They will learn about how policy must meet many bureaucratic and financial requirements, in addition to balancing competing interests.