Sustainability Teaching Resources
The following teaching resources meet all of the specific learning outcomes of Grade 8 Science (Water Systems), and was created as part of a Master of Education program at the University of Manitoba by Amanda Freedman Tetrault. If you have comments or questions, please contact her.
- Concept map
- Lesson 1 - Global water distribution & water consumption - 8-04-03
- Lesson 2 - Sustainability and the Natural Step - 8-0-7, 8-0-8, 8-0-9
- Lessons 3-5 - Heat capacity & characteristics of water - 8-04-02, 8-0-8, 8-0-9
- Lessons 6-7 - Ocean Currents - 8-04-04
- Lesson 8 - Water Consumption - 8-04-03
- Lesson 9 - North American Drainage System - 8-04-07
- Lessons 10-11 - Global Water System - 8-04-06
- Lessons 12-15 - Erosion, Flooding & Tides - 8-04-08, 8-04-09, 8-04-10, 8,04-11, 8-04-12, 8-04-13
- Lesson 16 - Cutting water consumption by 50% - 8-04-03
- Lessons 17-20 - Acquiring and disposing of water - 8-04-14, 8-04-16
- Lesson 21 - Who Polluted the Red River? - 8-04-15
- Lesson 22 - Water for the World - 8-04-14
- Lessons 23-24 - Waste Water - 8-04-17
- Lessons 25 and on - Change Project - 8-4-18, 8-4-19
The following teaching resources were created as part of a Master of Education thesis at the University of Manitoba titled Science Content Through Sustainability Contexts: A Systems Thinking Approach for Learning Resources in Secondary Level Education by Mona M. Maxwell. If you have questions or comments, please contact her.
- Lesson #1: Project TAKE-MAKE-WASTE----Organization Project
- Lesoon#2: Sharing Mental Models
- Lesson#3: Human and Nature Mental Models about TAKE, MAKE & WASTE
- Lesson #4: Clothing Inventory
- Lesson #5: Science-Blessing or Curse or Both or Neither
- Lesson #6: Mental Models and Design Technology
- Lesson #7: Re-Stabilizing Earth-4 Guiding Ideas of The Natural Step
- Lesson #8: Project TAKE-MAKE-WASTE----TAKE Report
- Lesson #9: Friedrick Wohler - Organic - Inorganic
- Lesson #10: Bonding with Carbon
- Lesson #11: Hydrocarbon Models
- Lesson #12: Hydrocarbon Families from the Fractionation Tower
- Lesson #13: Humans and Polymers
- Lesson #14: Project TAKE-MAKE-WASTE----MAKE Report
- Lesson #15: Comparing Mental Models on Waste
- Lesson #16: Precautionary Principle
- Lesson #17: Combustion - What's Your Theory?
- Lesson #18: Toxic Firefighting
- Lesson #19: Waste: Manitoba E-Waste - Whose Waste?
- Lesson #20: Project TAKE-MAKE-WASTE----Waste Report
- Lesson #21: Whatchyagonnadoaboutit?
- Teacher's Guide
