Monday

1 Weather images-what weather do we see? Word wall Bulletin Boardtracking weather 8 Construct a line graph-use temperatures from previous week 15 How do other cultures interact with the environment? First Nations guest speaker -land-based learning 22 What are natural resources? -class brainstorm What natural resources does Canada have? Your researched region? 29 Effects of human activity on climate changing climate Earth Now app

Tuesday
2 Update bulletin board -news (show & tell) -Language Centre Different weather phenomenon

Wednesday
3 Describe and measure precipitationbuild a weather station (barometer, etc.) 10 How do we depict this weather? Toondoo.com

Thursday
4 Effect of suns energy on temperaturecompare hemispheres Earth Now app 11 Finish weather depiction

Friday
5 Language Centre Weather forecasting- write a brief script for a weather forecast in 4 different climates 12 How does weather affect culture and clothing? -reflection 19 Video Clips: Living with nature -a look into the lives of people from different cultures who have different relationship with the land 26 Natural resources help shape culture- but what about the environment? -discuss how we use these resources (coal, natural gas, timber) 2 Use results from Survey Monkey to build bar graphs, for display in school

9 Discuss weather patternsclimate -prediction activity Lab activity-describe weather Voice Thread 16 How does Canadas geography shape its culture? -Nunavut- Inuit culture Investigate: How has the geography in a region shaped the culture?

23 Case Study: Oil and gas in Alberta -how has this industry helped shape Albertas identity? -what other places in the world drill oil as a natural resource?

30 Observing our world slide show: http://www.epa.gov/climate change/kids/kids/impact/ index.html

5 What can we do to protect the environment? -provincial scalerenewable resources pie chart -summative project

6 Community initiative- use Climate change website to explore ways of reducing our impact student reflection of school actions Lab Activity: Take home question, methods of reducing energy consumption in home- Voice Thread

17 What relationship do we have with the natural environment now? -in the city -in the country -storytelling 24 What natural resources do we import from other countries? Why? Lab Activity: At home, what food you buy and where it comes from- use home language 31 The Majestic Plastic Bag: A mockumentary (Youtube.com) -human pollution and climate change 7 Take up Voice thread in class -place mat activity- different actions you can implement at home, use home language, drawing

18 Finish scenario, collect and display on bulletin boarddiscuss common themes expressed in different languages

25 Take up lab activity -traditional food and culture -As a class, discuss importance of food and culture -what are some traditional Canadian foods? 1 Survey Monkey: design a survey to look at the affects we have on the environment

8 Email to a studentadvice for reducing energy consumption/carbon footprints -letter format

9 Student reflection- how do different countries tackle issue of sustainability? How is it prioritized? -Summative project presentations