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Climate Change in Canada - Curriculum Tools
Grade 5 - Teacher's Resource Weathering the Changes: Climate Change in Ontario
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The Causes of Climate Change
Did You Know?
- How much carbon dioxide is produced by every litre of gasoline used in your car?
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- "Jackrabbit" starts use 50% more of what product than if you accelerate gradually?
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- What does one third of the carbon dioxide emissions created by human activities come from?
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The Climate System – A Balancing Act
- Which greenhouse gas is made by landfills and wetlands?
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| Connections |
Reflections |
Questions |
| What connections can you make among what you've learned, your lifestyle, your family, school, community, or other regions? |
Reflect on your learning, understandings, and discoveries."Write about one thing you did not know before starting this activity" |
What questions do you still have, or what new questions have been raised? |
The Consequences of Climate Change
Did You Know?
- Why may the cold-water fish species such as lake trout disappear from southern Ontario?
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Future Climate
- What is predicted to happen along with climate change warming in Ontario?
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- By looking at the global map, what regions would you conclude may have the most significant changes?
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Where We Live
- How are storms such as thunderstorms expected to change?
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- How would shorter winters affect people?
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- What changes do experts predict with climate change?
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- How many households in total lost power in the January 1988 ice storm?
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Our Health
- What climate factors can affect our health?
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- Compared to today, how many hot days over 35° Celsius may southern Ontario experience by the middle of the next century?
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- How will warmer daytime temperatures affect smog?
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- What causes the “urban heat island effect”?
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Our Water
- What concerns are there when water supplies are warmer?
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- How will lower water levels affect shipping?
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- How will the Great Lakes be affected by climate change?
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Our Farms
- What are the positive and negative consequences of climate warming for farmers in Ontario?
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Our Forests
- What may be some of the effects on forests and forestry with the changes in climate?
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| Connections |
Reflections |
Questions |
| What connections can you make among what you've learned, your lifestyle, your family, school, community, or other regions? |
Reflect on your learning, understandings, and discoveries."Write about one thing you did not know before starting this activity" |
What questions do you still have, or what new questions have been raised? |
Action on Climate Change
Did You Know?
- How can you change the frequently used regular light bulbs in your home to save 100 kg of CO2 per year?
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- What should you do with your laundry to save up to 225 kg of CO2 per year?
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- What are the benefits of no-till farming?
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Where Do We Go From Here?
- What protocol did 160 nations originally negotiate to reduce global greenhouse gases?
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- What does this protocol do?
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- What is a "walking school bus"?
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- What can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heating and cooling by shading buildings?
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What I can begin to do... |
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