Grade 6 Science Global Focus

Learning Activity 1

Causes and Effects of Climate Change, United Nations, URL: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/causes-effects-climate-change, Accessed 2022/08/04.

The World’s Largest Lesson | Global Goals, World's Largest Lesson, Project Everyone, in partnership with UNICEF, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBxN9E5f7pc, Published 2015/09/03, Accessed 2022/04/18.

United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals 13, United Nations, URL: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal13/, Published 2015, Accessed 2022/03/02.

TVOKids The Space - David Suzuki Part 2, TVO Kids, OECA, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4b17AHOsVs, Published 2017/09/13, Accessed 2022/06/07.

What is biodiversity?, WWF Wild Classroom, World Wildlife Fund, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y18o0mACCQs, Published 2021/11/30, Accessed 2022/06/07.

Climate Change and Biodiversity, Convention on Biological Diversity, URL: https://www.cbd.int/climate/, Published 2021/04/27, Accessed 2022/08/04.

That TVOkids Show: Climate Strike, TVO Kids, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/videos/all-september/tvokids-show-climate-strike, Published 2019/09/27, Accessed 2022/06/07.

Teen Activist Greta Thunberg Joins Climate Strike Outside The White House, Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images North America/Getty Images

UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow - Mitzi Jonelle Tan, picture alliance/picture alliance/Getty Images

Joe Brindle, Sam Frost, The Guardian, URL: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/sep/28/we-deserve-to-be-taught-about-it-why-students-want-climate-crisis-classes, Published 2020/09/28, Accessed 2022/06/03.

Learning Activity 2

How Do We Measure Sea Level?, NASA Climate Kids, URL: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/sea-level/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

The Water Brothers - The Big Thaw, The Water Brothers Inc, SK Films, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/the-big-thaw, Published 2012/03/20, Accessed 2022/06/14.

Sea level rise: causes and consequences, Sustainability for All, URL: https://www.activesustainability.com/climate-change/sea-level-rise-causes-and-consequences/?_adin=01833301559, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Climate Change and Habitats, National Wildlife Federation, URL: https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Climate-Change/Habitats, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Melting Glaciers and Less Fresh Water, Climate Conscious, Medium, URL: https://medium.com/climate-conscious/melting-glaciers-and-less-fresh-water-b42737a6cfec, Published 2022/01/06, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 3

What is biodiversity and why is it under threat?, L. Hancock, World Wildlife Fund, URL: https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/what-is-biodiversity, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Climate Watch Shorts: The changing hunt, TVO, OECA, Published 2017/05/13, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Finding Stuff Out - Into the Woods, 9117-3112 QUEBEC INC, Apartment 11 Productions, Published 2017/08/25, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Climate Watch Shorts: Wildlife Rescue, TVO, OECA, Published 2017/07/05, Accessed 2022/06/21.

6 Ways to Preserve Biodiversity, Yale Sustainability, URL: https://sustainability.yale.edu/blog/6-ways-preserve-biodiversity, Published 2020/10/01, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Learning Activity 4

ScienceXplosion - Circle of Life, GAPC Entertainment, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/sciencexplosion/videos/circle-life, Published 2020/05/20, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Learning Activity 5

TVOK News - Week of March 21 Pt. 2, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/space-promos/videos/tvok-news-week-march-21-pt-2, Accessed 2022/06/21.

Bees In Colour, Stringer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Give bees a chance: Why we can't afford to lose our wild native pollinators, Sheila R. Colla and Rachel Nalepa, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/give-bees-a-chance-why-we-cant-afford-to-lose-our-wild-native-pollinators, Published 2019/05/21, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Bombus rufocinctus, M, side, Park Co, Wyoming 2014-01-16-15, United States Geological Survey, URL: https://www.tvo.org/article/endangered-ontario-the-mystery-of-the-rusty-patched-bumblebee, Accessed 2022/06/09. Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bombus_rufocinctus,_M,_side,_Park_Co,_Wyoming_2014-01-16-15.22_(26945431578).jpg.

Learning Activity 6

Grade 6: Lesson 3 - Biodiversity: Agriculture!, Science North, URL: https://youtu.be/OJhyZ_9woQg, Published 2020/05/15, Accessed 2022/06/09.

Grade 5 Biology: Agriculture Lesson Plan, Science North, URL: https://www.sciencenorth.ca/sites/default/files/2018/May%206%20Grade%206%20Agriculture%20Offline%20ENG.pdf, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Raven's Quest - Hope, Apartment 11 Productions, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/videos/ravens-quest/hope, Published 2019/07/01, Accessed 2022/06/09.

Learning Activity 7

Series 8052 - tvo.org - Explainer: Blue green algae, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/what-causes-algae-blooms, Published 2018, Accessed 2022/03/02.

Ontario Hubs - Lake Erie's Toxic Problem, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/ontario-hubs-lake-eries-toxic-problem, Published 2018, Accessed 2022/06/09.

Landsat Helps Warn of Algae in Lakes, Rivers, Goddard Space Flight Centre, NASA, URL: https://youtu.be/OGawz01Fpk4, Published 2021/03/22, Accessed 2022/03/03.

The Nature of Things - Save My Lake, Stornoway Productions, in association with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eaUihTvwyI, Published 2011, Accessed 2022/03/02.

Learning Activity 8

Causes and Effects of Climate Change, United Nations, URL: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2018/07/25/climate-change-food-agriculture/, Accessed 2022/08/04.

How Climate Change Will Alter Our Food, R. Cho, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School, Climate, Earth, and Society, URL: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2018/07/25/climate-change-food-agriculture/, Published 2018/07/25, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Ecosystems, National Integrated Drought Information System, NOAA, NIDIS, URL: https://www.drought.gov/sectors/ecosystems, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Impact of climate change on species, World Wildlife Fund, URL: https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/wildlife_practice/problems/climate_change/#:%7E:text=Climate%20change%20leads%20to%20a%20loss%20of%20species&text=Global%20warming%20resulting%20from%20human,migrational%20capabilities%3B%20altered%20competitive%20relationships, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Species and Climate Change, IUCN, URL: https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/species-and-climate-change, Published 2021/10/22, Accessed 2022/08/04.

How Drones Are Helping Farmers Survive Climate Change, C. Weinberg, Sprout Wired, URL: https://www.sproutwired.com/how-drones-are-helping-farmers-survive-climate-change/, Published 2022/03/11, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Climate Watch Shorts: Farming in a Changing Climate, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/climate-watch-shorts-farming-in-a-changing-climate, Published 2017/02/02, Accessed 2022/03/02.

Leo's Fishheads - Fish Talk with Leo, Fifth Ground Entertainment, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/leos-fishheads/videos/fish-talk-leo, Published 2021/05/24, Accessed 2022/03/02.

Tree-Planting Drones, WWF-Australia, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C7-uvmSG6Y, Published 2020/12/10, Accessed 2022/03/02.

Learning Activity 9

Species at Risk public registry: glossary of terms, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/glossary-terms.html, Published 2014/10/09, Accessed 2022/08/04.

How many birds are there in the world? More than 600K citizen scientists helped to find out, J. Dunham, CTVNews, URL: https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/how-many-birds-are-there-in-the-world-more-than-600k-citizen-scientists-helped-to-find-out-1.5443654?cache=xsfskdnkckf#:%7E:text=As%20far%20as%20bird%20species,such%20as%20emus%20and%20penguins, Published 2021/05/26, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Climate Watch Shorts: The birder's view, TVO, OECA, URL: https://www.tvo.org/video/climate-watch-shorts-the-birders-view, Published 2016/11/12, Accessed 2022/04/18.

How climate change is affecting birds, Nature Canada, URL: https://naturecanada.ca/discover-nature/about-our-birds/how-climate-change-is-affecting-birds/#:%7E:text=Ecological%20communities%20are%20disrupted&text=Food%20and%20nesting%20material%20that,which%20they%20are%20not%20adapted, Published 2018/11/30, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Painting wind turbine blades black can reduce bird deaths by 70%, The Weather Network, Pelmorex, URL: https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/painting-wind-turbine-blades-black-can-reduce-bird-deaths-70-percent, Published 2020/09/06, Accessed 2022/03/02.

Learning Activity 10

The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8: Science and Technology, Ontario Ministry of Education, © Queen's Printer for Ontario, URL: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/scientec18currb.pdf, Published 2007, Accessed 2022/08/04.

Scratch 1, TVO, Created with Scratch, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/02. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Scratch 2, TVO, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/582550388/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/02. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Scratch 3, TVO, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/582550388/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/02. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Scratch 4, TVO, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/582550388/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/02. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Scratch 5, TVO, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/582550388/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/02. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Scratch 6, TVO, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/582550388/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/02. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Scratch 7, TVO, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/582550388/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/02. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.

Scratch 8, TVO, Created with Scratch, URL: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/582550388/editor/, Published 2022, Accessed 2022/03/02. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.