Maps and explanations of agriculture in Canada.

Lesson plans

Key descriptors, What is electricity?, Industry structure, Generation

 Maps and explanations.

 The Ontario Curriculum, Grade 7

• Teacher's Kit - Curser down for links to links to lesson plans for a variety of topics
• Natural Resources Research Project - lesson plans including student worksheets

Click on the provinces or territories then click on the legend to see the locations of energy sources.

Agriculture, Energy, Fishes, Forestry, Mining

Video and audio clips about the forestry industry in Canada.

• Profiles Across the Nation: Read the "Did you know" fact***
• Quick Facts: Environment
• Quick Facts: Economy
• Quick Facts: Society

Maps, economy, people, forest fires.

Information about Canadian forests including graphics.

• Productive Forest Landuse in Canada - Map
• Read about the map

Information about crude oil, fosil fuels, natural gas, thermal electric power, coal and energy consumption in Canada -including graphics.

• Read about it

 
Backgrounder sheets, lesson plans with literacy lessons, and models to build. (Some of the models are quite advanced and require special equipment and safety lessons.)

• Teacher Materials- Quick Links
• Renewable Engery Basics
• Solar Electicity
• Solar Heat
• Wind Energy
• Water Power
• Biomass Energy
• Other Clean Energy Technologies

• Teacher Resources
• Printables
• Planning for a Wind Turbine - 13 page pdf
• Energy e-pak - 44 page pdf

Information about the non-renewable minerals in Canada. Including: iron and steel, copper, zinc, lead, nickel, aluminum, potash, stone, sand and gravel, salt and gypsum.

• Canada's Minerals and Metals Key Facts
• Minerals and Metals - Video outlining importance of minerals and metals in Canada.
• Main Minerals and Metals Produced in Canada - uses, location
• List of mining and mineral processing operations in Canada
• Mineral and Metal Commodity Reviews
• Links to Mining Associations in Canada
• Top 100 Exploration and Deposit Appraisal Projects of 2008 - Map
• Canadian Suppliers of Goods and Services Report - (spin-off companines from mining)
• Overview of Trends in Canadian mineral exploration
• Mineral production in Canada by province/territory
• Mineral Trade

Location of mines.

Maps of mines in Canada.

Click on minerals to read detailed information on the mineral.

• Why do we mine?
  http://www.mii.org/pdfs/every/why1.pdf
  Worksheets that outline what natural resources from mining are used in manufactured goods by North Americans.

• Common metals and minerals
  http://www.mii.org/pdfs/mineraluses.pdf
  Their sources and their uses.
• A world of resources
  http://www.mii.org/pdfs/worldresources.pdf
  Discover that worldwide cooperation is necessary to make most products.

• Stewardship
• Factsheets: Crude oil, Oil Sands, Natural Gas and by province and territories
• How the industry works: Finding oil and natrual resources, producing oi and natural gas, moving oil and gas, using oil and gas

 Packets for teachers to download. 

• How many minerals and metals does it take to make a light bulb?
  http://www.mii.org/pdfs/every/ltbulb.pdf
  Worksheets that outline where minerals and metals come from to make a light bulb.

Graphics with explanations.

•  Uranium
• About Uranium
• Resource - location of uranium mines
  • Production
  • Processing
• Exploration

• The Canadian Nuclear Industry and its Economic Contribution  Location of industry, uses of this energy source including nuclear medicine

• Canadian Technology
• View a video that explains need for this energy use and the future of the CANDU reactors
• CANDU Projects

• See how it works - watch the video and read about the process
• How does a nuclear power plant work? - download the brochure

• Biomass Power
  • Student Resources
  • NREL Renewable Energy Activities—Choices for Tomorrow: 69 page pdf file with lessons and activity sheets
• Geothermal Energy Basics
  • Student Resources
• Solar Power
  • Student Resources on Concentrating Solar Power
    • Solar Heat- Build Your Own Solar Oven
• Wind Power
  • Student Resources on Wind Energy

Key descriptors, What is oil?, Industry structure, Resource, Production, Exports and Imports

Maps of freshwater in Canada. 

The distribution of water in Canada.

Outlines the consumption of water by agriculture, industry, domestic use, commercial and institutions.

Information about water resources in Canada including graphics.

An on-line project that you may sign up for. There are ready-made lesson plans, hand-outs and resource links that have you record and compare the use of water around the world.

• The Great Lakes
• The Environment
• Economy
• Education - good links for definitions and information

Drafts of the Great Lakes Charter Annex agreements were released for public consultation. Read about the proposals made for the use of this shared resource among Ontario, Quebec and the eight Great Lakes States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

• Great Lakes Basin Map