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This kit addresses current concerns about garbage and waste disposal. Topics dealt with include waste minimization and management. Primarily focused on Grade 4. Kit contains: The poster "A Matter of Waste" (2 copies), The Teacher's Guide, A set of copy sheets for the activities on the poster back and a student booklet entitled "The minimizers". Additional posters are available separately.
This resource kit illustrates vegetation and wildlife found on Alberta’s Prairie and explains how human impact has affected and fragmented grasslands. The intent of the kit is to provide resource material focused at increasing students’ awareness, understanding, and appreciation for the native grassland ecosystem of Alberta. Students will be introduced to the history, biology, geography and even the economics of the grasslands. They will discover the diversity and value of life provided by our grasslands.
Kit contains:
. Grasslands Poster (2 copies)
. Teacher's Guide which includes Activities and Duplicating Masters (64 Pages)
. Additional posters are available separately.
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A poster showing the topography of Alberta through the use of a computer image called a hillshade model. The back of the poster discusses Alberta's geomorphology.
The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) along with a number of partners including Alberta Environment developed the Bow River Basin Waterscape. The waterscape components are available on the GSC website. There is also a Teacher's Guide for Elementary and Junior High.
The GSC is providing the posters free to teachers but there is a $15 charge to the public. Copies of the poster are available from the GSC office in Calgary. For more information please contact the GSC office in Calgary at:
Geological Survey of Canada - Calgary3303 - 33rd Street N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7
Telephone: (403) 292-7030
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This kit is a curriculum-linked climate change unit that will help teachers improve their students' awareness and understanding of climate change.
It is composed of 6 lessons on these topics: history of climate change, the impacts of climate change, and human interactions. Each has a number of activities with teacher guides and copy sheets for student materials.
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All the things around you make up your environment. In this book, you are going to learn through many activities about the different parts of the environment - land, air, water and waste.
21 Pages
Class sets available; please state how many copies you require. (Maximum 35 copies per class.)
Acid deposition occurs when acid-forming pollutants in the air are
deposited on the earth’s surface. The main acid-forming pollutants are
sulphur dioxide (SO2) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx).
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Air quality is a measure of the cleanliness of the air we breathe. Natural and man-made pollution gets into the air in the form of gases or particles. In Alberta, the provincial government sets standards that help control air emissions.
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This document answers the following questions:
What is climate change … and why we should care? Is our climate changing?
What is the greenhouse effect? What are the possible effects of climate change in Alberta? So what can we do about climate change?
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Composting is a managed process that speeds up the natural decomposition of organic material. The end product of composting is a humus-like material called compost! This paper answers questions like: Why should I compost? How does composting work? How do I compost?
10 Pages
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