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Endeavour hydrothermal vents: Canada’s first marine protected areas

Grades 4 -11; class discussions, research, and activities to learn about deep sea biodiversity, Canada’s Endeavour Hydrothermal vent site and it’s designation as a Marine Protected Area (English & French).

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Exploring how the Ocean Effects Regional Climate,

Explore the relationship between the ocean and regional climate. This lesson includes data visualizations and handouts.

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Hakai Institute

A closer look at the remarkable creatures and plants that live on the coast of British Columbia, Canada.

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Immersive Salish Sea Education

Explore the marine environment of the Salish Sea through 360 degree underwater videos with accompanying lesson plans and activities.

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KELP: Kids Environmental Lesson Plans

KELP are free, downloadable marine science activities that encourage curiosity in kids and help them explore their surroundings.

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Modeling Hydrothermal Vents

In this demonstration, students will build their own hydrothermal vent using two different temperatures of water and items found around classrooms.

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NOVA Polar Lab,

Explore the fascinating natural history of Earth’s poles in NOVA’s Polar Lab. Students use claims, evidence, and reasoning in a discussion of what the evidence about the poles from Earth’s past can tell us about its future.

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Ocean Education

A collection of educator resources centred around human interaction with oceans.

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Ocean School

Ocean School is a free, bilingual educational resources integrated with Google Classroom and alined with curriculums for grades 6-9.

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Online Ocean

New compilation of various Ocean Wise resources that can be completed from home consisting of crafts, activities, and live stream events!

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Salmon School

Check out these resources developed by educational consultant Krystal Pyke as a part of the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project. Learn more about the Salish Sea and salmon!

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Schools Toolkit #1

The aim of this toolkit is to engage learners in ocean education, deepen their awareness of and connection to the ocean, and to inspire action in the classroom community and beyond.

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Schools Toolkit #2

This toolkit was curated by Ocean School and represents a small inventory of fun, innovative, inquiry-based learning experiences that incorporate powerful storytelling techniques, immersive technologies, and interactive media.

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Sea Level Rise

This learning module is a cooperative effort between NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NOAA’s National Ocean Service. It informs about sea level rise, its causes, and impacts; and challenges students to think about what they can do in response.

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Spooky Lakes

Dive into the most mysterious waters around the world (if you dare) in this illustrated middle-grade nonfiction book, from TikTok creator and educator Geo Rutherford!

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Stitching Together a Seafloor

Introduce students to the applications of photomosaics relating to maritime history and archaeology. Students will work in small groups to complete photomosaic puzzles of real seafloor scenes by recognizing and comparing unique features among image squares.

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Stream to Sea

Education Program that includes resources and curriculum for all grade levels to help students understand, respect and protect local watersheds, from stream to sea (also available in French).

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The Coral Reef Ecosystem,

Students examine a coral reef ecosystem to learn about its living and non-living parts and how they interact.

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The Ocean and Climate: Heat Redistribution,

Students explore how unequal heating of Earth’s surface by the Sun drives global ocean circulation patterns in this media-rich lesson plan from GBH.

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Where the land meets the sea: the nearshore

Lesson plan (grade 4-11) about marine nearshores and some of their inhabitants (eelgrass and forage fish); English & French.

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