Teacher Resources

Grade 2 Animals

Audubon Bird Activities

Great activities for kids introducing them to adaptations of birds.




Grade 3 Plants

Tree Bingo.pdf

Plant Bingo Game

Take your students out to your schoolyard or local greenspace and see who will find the leaves and seeds pictured.

Lovely Leaf Length

Math Initiative to measure variations of leaf length. Lesson Plan.

Tree Hunt Game-Modification of the Plant Bingo game with leaves that are actual size so students can match them directly.

Plants that Inspired Pokemon

Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWCc8g1hquo



Gr3 Plants Activities - General activities and videos.

Helicopter Seed Activity - Students can make model plant seeds to mimic how plants spread seeds.

Tree Ring Activity: Fill out this worksheet on tree rings. Teacher resource. Student

Water Bottle Planter

Instructions here.

Gr3 Plants Kahoot/Game

Plant Parts: Video, PDF, Quiz, Kahoot

Plant Needs: PDF, Quiz, Kahoot

Seeds: Kahoot , Quiz

Photosynthesis and Agri-Career Games

Grade 6 Biodiversity

Explore the lesson plans, games and activities below.

Grade 6 Communities Post Trip Activities FN/Settler Traditions

Early Communities and Biodiversity

Post trip activities and games here.

Copy of Copy ofSave the bees (Created by Shauna Husbands)

Pollinator Biodiversity

Pollinator student inquiry board.

Benthic Invertebrate Simulation and Biodiversity Inquiry

Students sample streams online to get familiar with biodiversity of streams! Check out Danny's site for more.

Biodiversity games

Have students play some fun games on biodiversity.


Schoolyard Bio Blitz Survey123

Complete this survey with your class in your schoolyard and/or your local green space. Compare your results with others. What do the results tell you?

Bio Blitz.pdf

Bio Blitz Worksheet

If unable to use Survey123, use this manual entry sheet to enter in the biodiversity of your local green space. Divided by kingdoms. Printer friendly version here.

Storymap on Biodiversity

Have students explore this self-guided storymap on biodiversity around the world!


Test Your Skills

Test your plant ID skills using my key.

Here is an alternative test from OSC.

FOF-56_Tree-Keys.pdf

Tree Key Activity

Find some plants outside and create a key based on their physical features.

Turtle Island Conservation Zoo curriculum-final.pdf

Toronto Zoo Indigenous Amphibians

Activities, stories and games through an indigenous lens. Lesson plans and activities.

Plant Collection

To collect and press plants the way I was taught, check out the video above.

Click here to alternatively preserve leaves in wax.

Grade 7 Interactions in the Environment

Followup Gr7 Physical Patterns and Resources

Sustainability

A collection of activities, games, and resources linked to climate change, sustainability and physical patterns. Be sure to check out my Fast fashion and Climate Change storymap!


Environmental Justice

My story map on environmental justice in Toronto.

Indigenous uses of Plants

Post trip resources highlighting the interactions between the forest and traditions of First Nations in this area.

Activities

TOES Water Program Website

Post trip Activities and Resources for Aquatic Biodiversity.