Additional Teacher Resources

Videos

  • Children As Authors, Children As Illustrators: The Whole Story – Deals with writing and illustrating picture books written by children. Provides step-by-step information on how to stimulate children's creative imagination by incorporating image-making within the writing process. Available Through CBE Video Loan Pool
  • Math: Who Needs It?! This video highlights the need for mathematical skills in everyday life by looking at the mathematics of skateboard building; the fashion industry; space technology; the music industry; designing of bicycles, race cars, and amusement rides; aquaculture research; and engineering. Explains that unique problem-solving skills are required for future industry.
  • Clean Water: The Effects Of Water Pollution: Explains that laws to protect the environment exist, but citizens must do their share, and politicians must be forced to take action. Available from CBE Video Loan Pool
  • Water And The Human Spirit: Part 2: Documents Canadian groups that are working together to improve water quality. Highlights the Salmon River Watershed Celebration, the Children's Groundwater Festival and activities of groups such as the Fraser River Estuary Management Program, Bow River Water Quality Council, Clean Annapolis River Project and Saint John River Society. Explains that water is a resource that belongs to all Canadians and that we are all stewards of this resource. Available from CBE Video Loan Pool
  • Constructing Reality: Exploring Media Issues In Documentary Series: Six videos. Available through CBE Video loan Pool
  • Making Grimm video series: Available through CBE video loan pool
  • Bow: Examines the importance of the Bow River to the people associated with it. Some of the things it provides are: power for the city of Calgary, municipal water needs, irrigation water needs, and prime recreational uses.
    Available through CBE Video Loan Pool.
  • People and The Environment: Describes the impact we as consumers have on our natural resources and the efforts being made to make those resources more sustainable. Shows how pollution and other environmental damage are a byproduct of our interaction with our natural resources.
  • Wetlands: Episode seven of North American Biomes discusses the wetlands biome. This program shows how wetlands, which includes marshes, bogs, swamps, lakes, ponds and pools, are important and need to be protected. The flora and fauna of the different types of wetlands is also shown. Available from CBE Video Loan Pool
  • Clean Water: The Effects Of Water Pollution: Explains that laws to protect the environment exist, but citizens must do their share, and politicians must be forced to take action.  Available from CBE Video Loan Pool
  • Wetland Wonders: Presents an introduction to a wetland ecosystem located in southwestern British Columbia. Exploring a wetland is very easy- binoculars and rubber boots are required to learn about the types of plant, bird and animal life that can be encountered in a wetland. Available from CBE Video Loan Pool

Books

  • Being Active Citizens: This first book is an overview of the series and what being a citizen means. It introduces the series' guides: Allira, Harry, Lin and Denzel, four kids who pop up periodically and give readers ideas on how to apply the principles of citizenship in daily life. Available Through CBE Libraries
  • Promising Practices in Teaching Social Responsibility, Berman, Sheldon: This book is by, for, and about teachers. It is a showcase for the innovative practices that teachers have found most effective in teaching social responsibility. The authors offer a rare discussion of actual classroom practices and the insights teachers have had in experimenting with new ways to help students develop conflict resolution skills and social responsibility. Available at CBE Professional Learning Centre
  • Rivers and Streams by Martin, Patricia A. Fink: Provides instructions for projects and activities that explore river and stream habitats and explains why these environments should be preserved and protected Available Through CBE libraries
  • Compass and map navigator: the complete guide to staying found: Why get lost? Staying found should be simple, and it is with Compass & Map Navigator, the easiest to understand and most complete map and compass book on the market. Using clear and fun to read step-by-step instructions, as well as detailed illustrations and diagrams, Compass & Map Navigator will have you confidently navigating your way through the wilds with or without a compass, with or without a map, and then with all the tools together - including GPS. Available from Calgary Public Library
  • How to build skateboard ramps, halfpipes, boxes, bowls, and more: How to buy materials, layout and assemble everything from a small portable street structure to a full size half pipe with vertical walls. Lots of pictures and detailed construction plans the builder can adapt to their particular location.
  • Urban Forest Landscapes: Urban Forest Landscapes takes a critical look at the current state of knowledge and research in the field, and at how available information is applied in the urban setting.
    Available through Calgary Public Library
  • Shading our cities: a resource guide for urban and community forests: This handbook helps neighborhood groups, local officials, and city planners develop urban forestry projects, not only to beautify their cities, but also to help reduce energy demand, improve air quality, protect water supplies, and contribute to healthier living conditions.
    Available through Calgary Public Library
  • Documentary in the Digital Age: "If you want to learn from leading lights in today's revolution in documentary filmmaking Maxine Baker has written the guide you need to own. Available from Calgary Public Library
  • The art of the documentary: ten conversations with leading directors, cinematographers, editors, and producers “If you want to learn from leading lights in today's revolution in documentary filmmaking Maxine Baker has written the guide you need to own.
    Available from Calgary Public Library
  • Writers on writing: guide to writing and illustrating children's books; Booth, David. Available through CBE libraries
  • Writing with pictures: how to write and illustrate children's books; Uri Shulevitz. Available through CBE libraries
  • On My Honor, Marion Dane Bauer. Available through CBE libraries
  • Supporting the novel: On My Honor. Available through CBE libraries
  • Making Documentary Films and Reality Videos: a practical guide to filming, and editing documentaries of real events. Available through Calgary Public Library
  • Calgary's Natural Parks: Yours to Explore. Foley, Jim. Available through CBE libraries
  • A Guide to Fish Creek Provincial Park. Robertson, Anna. Available through CBE libraries
  • Wetlands. Snedden, Robert: Wetlands are unusual habitats, being the borderland between permanent water and dry land. This book covers the range of wetlands, from peaty bogs and mangrove swamps to the vast deltas of the great rivers and explains why they are important to life on Earth.
  • Wetlands, Beatty, Richard : A comprehensive look at the wetlands biome, examining its climate, plants, animals, people, and future, plus detailed views of some famous or important wetlands locations.
  • Wetlands, Gray, Shirley: Examines swamps, marshes, and other kinds of wetlands, plants and animals that live there, and environmental threats.
  • Calgary 's best hikes and walks. Beattie, Lori. Available Through CBE libraries
  • Hiking & Backpacking : A Complete Guide. Berger, Karen. Available Through CBE libraries

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