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Resources for Rethinking Database

A free collection of over 1,800 high-quality, teacher-reviewed classroom resources fully searchable by language, jurisdiction, grade, subject, SDGs, and more!

Learning Inside Out

LSF’s weekly collection of learning activities for grades K-12, hand picked from our Resources for Rethinking database. With a focus on seasonal happenings, national/international events, and the UN’s SDGs, these guides will enhance your classroom learning!

Step Outside

Bi-weekly nature guides linking nature’s seasonal events to classroom resources on our Resources for Rethinking database. With a focus on natural events, these guides are perfect for taking your classroom learning outdoors!

Hot Topics

Guides linking classroom learning with national/international sustainability campaigns using resources from our Resources for Rethinking database.

Pedagogy

Connecting the Dots

LSF’s main teaching resource exploring 7 interrelated strategies for environmental education, citizenship and sustainability.

Climate Emotions in K-12 Education

A guide for Canadian educators with strategies to support students’ mental health and resilience while exploring the connections between climate change, mental health, and education.

Lesson Plans/Classroom Resources

Teaching Grade 9 Geography Through a Sustainability Lens

Resources that help students to examine the ministry-mandated concepts in grade-nine geography using a sustainability lens.

Protecting our Sacred Water

This guide provides tools for teachers to help youth choose an Aciton Project topic and to carry it out through the integration of FNMI ways of knowing.

NEW: Biodiversity & Climate Change (Gr. 3-6 Lesson Plans)

This lesson plan helps students in Grades 3-6 explore biodiversity, ecosystems, and environmental stewardship while connecting learning to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

NEW: Weather, Climate & You (Gr. 6-9 Lesson Plans)

Using the WeatherCAN app, this lesson will investigate how weather patterns across Canada impact agriculture, transportation, tourism, and culture, using real-time weather data and Indigenous perspectives on environmental monitoring. Students will also investigate how Canadians adapt to extreme weather and design a simple adaptation plan for extreme weather events due to a changing climate.

NEW: Digital Citizenship, Misinformation, and Science (Gr. 7-12 Lesson Plan)

Through interactive activities, Grade 7-12 students learn to distinguish fact from opinion, evaluate the credibility of media, and apply critical thinking skills to identify misinformation and science denial, culminating in a task that demonstrates their understanding.

Engaging Students in Sustainable Action Projects Guide

LSF’s Engaging Students in Sustainable Action Projects Guide provides activities to support each step in the design and implementation of your Action Projects.

A Million Bottles a Minute: Closing the Plastics Loop

This workshop introduces gr. 4-8 students to the plastics problem through hands-on activities and gives them ideas for taking action on plastic pollution in their communities.

ClimateLearning.ca

Three cross-curricular inquiry resources developed to support knowledge gaps in climate change education for students in grades K-2, 3-6 and 7-12 across Canada.

Action Toolkits

Our Action Toolkits guide teachers through student-led sustainability Action Projects from start to finish. Choose from a variety of topics, from growing food at school to building a vermicomposter and more!

Write a Postcard from the Future

In order to bring some hope and positivity into your classes’ climate discussions, encourage your students to write a postcard from a positive climate future. 

Green Jobs: Adapting to our Changing Climate Video Series

This series of 10 videos introduces students to various Canadian experts who build climate resilience through their work. Share these videos with your students to inspire them to think about green jobs!

Green Jobs: Adapting to our Changing Climate Video Series

This series of 10 videos introduces students to various Canadian experts who build climate resilience through their work. Share these videos with your students to inspire them to think about green jobs!

Grade 8 Integrated Water Unit

This 6-week learning package addresses the importance of water, impacts on our water systems, freshwater accessibility and concludes with a student-led water Action Project.

Energy Inquiry

A guided inquiry on our Canadian energy landscape that results in students designing and executing a sustainable energy plan for their school or home.