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Resources for Your Displays
General Information
- RésEau — Building Canadian Water Connections is a Government of Canada demonstration initiative that provides access to a broad range of online water data and information. Visit www.environmentandresources.gc.ca/reseau.
- Check out Environment Canada’s Freshwater Website for information about water, aquatic wildlife and ecosystems.
- Look up Hinterland Who's Who for lesson plans and fact sheets on wildlife.
- Canada’s Aquatic Environments features information about oceans.
- For a list of wetlands of international importance, visit the Ramsar website.
Teaching Activities
- Click onto the WILD Education website for a set of teaching activities and Oceans Day Learning about Oceans teacher's guides from past years.
- Check out the teacher’s sections on the Freshwater Website, Hinterland Who’s Who and the Atlas of Canada for water- and watershed-related lesson plans.
- Visit Environment Canada’s From the Mountains to the Sea for activities that focus on the course of a river as it flows through a watershed.
- Environment Canada’s NPA Youth Zone is a bilingual children’s website on coastal and marine environments, how you can help them and more.
- Big Blue Bus: A bilingual website with oceans information, stories, contests and activities for kids aged five to 15.
- One Earth, One Ocean, One Life: An interactive CD that explores our connections with oceans. Available from CWF for $24.95 by calling 1-800-563-WILD today!
- CWF’s Space for Species website program uses satellite technology to track aquatic migrants including sea turtles, polar bears and common eiders.
- Stream to Sea: See the Stream to Sea educational pages for teachers here.
- Link onto the teacher’s section of the Rideau website.
- Visit By the Sea: a Guide to the Coastal Zone of Atlantic Canada.
- Search the Canadian Council for Geographic Education’s ocean-related lesson plans.
Special Marine Places
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada has information on Marine Protected Areas and Areas of Interest.
- For information on National Marine Conservation Areas, click here.
Photos and Diagrams
- Visit the WILD Education website for photos.
- Canada’s Aquatic Environments contains photos and diagrams about oceans.
- See Fisheries and Oceans’ Underwater World website for its photo collection.
Maps
- Natural Resources Canada’s The Atlas of Canada website is an online collection of maps and related information, including teaching materials. Visit the atlas for an interactive map of watersheds.
- The Government of Canada’s RésEau – Building Canadian Water Connections initiative features mapping on a diverse cross-section of water monitoring activities in Canada, including water quality and water quantity networks.
Action Projects and Celebration Ideas for National Wildlife Week
- Participate in CWF’s WILD School program. Read the latest information about WILD School.
- Click on beach sweeps and other actions in the Hinterland Who's Who web pages under the Things You Can Do section.
- Discover Streamkeepers, a program of Oceans and Fisheries Canada and Environment Canada. Also see Wetlandkeepers.
- Visit the Adopt a River project. (French only.)