Grade 4: Political and Physical Regions of CanadA
Overview
Students will use the social studies inquiry process to investigate the issues and challenges
associated with balancing development with environmental stewardship in their community. After examining a variety of media reports, students will gain a better understanding of various perspectives. For the field study component, students will complete a site visit to the nearby conservation area (Mud Lake) with an environmental biologist. The culminating task will be a song, rap, or poem from the perspective of an animal losing its habitat because of a new housing development, a brochure outlining the steps the developer is taking to protect the local habitat, or a persuasive piece of writing outlining their own opinion about the development.
Students will use the social studies inquiry process to investigate the issues and challenges
associated with balancing development with environmental stewardship in their community. After examining a variety of media reports, students will gain a better understanding of various perspectives. For the field study component, students will complete a site visit to the nearby conservation area (Mud Lake) with an environmental biologist. The culminating task will be a song, rap, or poem from the perspective of an animal losing its habitat because of a new housing development, a brochure outlining the steps the developer is taking to protect the local habitat, or a persuasive piece of writing outlining their own opinion about the development.
| politicalandphysicalregionsofcanada.pdf |
| algonquins_chain_themselves_to_beaver_pond_trees__1_.pdf |
| mcleod__the_scourge_of_sprawl___ottawa_citizen__1_.pdf |
| tree_cutting_begins_on_knl_lands__1_.pdf |
| urban_sprawl_costs_taxpayers___ottawa___region___news___ottawa_sun__1_.pdf |
| knltreecuttingcanbeginresponse.pdf |