SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES 11: ASSIGNMENTS

• INTRODUCTORY ASSIGNMENTS
• On a piece of paper, write down what the words sustainable and resources mean to you.
• Review Course Outline and Curriculum
• Read Day One Definitions
• Observe Sustainable Development PowerPoint.Click Here
• Explore worldometers real time world statistics - population, population density, immigration, etc.
• Observe Sustainable Resources PowerPoint. Download
• Go to the City of Whitehorse Website and click on the Environmental Sustainability Department links
• Summary of Online Survey Results showing Public Attitudes Towards A Municipal Curbside Recycling Program
• Read The Nature and Utility of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Make sure you could define traditional ecological knowledge.
• Watch the video Laws of the Land
• We will complete an activity from Cultural Perspectives on Sustainability in class.
• Choose one of the climate change adaptation guides and prepare a summary to present to the class.
• Read Adapting to Climate Change An Introduction for Canadian Municipalities and complete the question sheet.
• Choose one of the Climate Change Adaptation Case Studies and summarize the key points in a paragraph.
• Arctic Adaptation Exchange
• Read the article Climate Solutions from the Ground Up How are Ginette and others in her Haitian community working to address the root causes, adapt to the changes and put forward workable solutions?
• Check out Tiny Homes at Why the Tiny Home Movement May Not be So Tiny and Micro-Mansions Blog and Amazing Tree Houses.
• AGRICULTURE ASSIGNMENTS
• Refer to the History Toolkit at DoHistory.org and construct a timeline of the history of agriculture.
• Complete the History of Agriculture Assignment using Wikipedia.
• Complete the Neolithic Revolution Assignment using Wikipedia
• Read the article For development in Brazil, two crops are better than one. Using the article, fill in the blanks in the following statement: It's not just about agriculture. Growing two crops a year in the same field improves __________________ , helps advance public ___________________, raises median __________________, and creates ______________.
• Define Multiple cropping and Intercropping
• Read Conscious choice of food can substantially mitigate climate change, research finds and Eating less meat and dairy products won't have major impact on global warming, export argues. Who do you believe? What action will you take as a consumer?
• Using the Yukon farm products & services guide, and similar resources, create a brochure or poster that summarizes Agriculture in the Yukon.
• Using this Blank Generic Trading Card as a template, make a produce trading card.
• Referring to the Northern Greenhouse Design website, what features are unique and necessary to a NORTHERN greenhouse?
• Construct a scale model of a northern green house. For tips go to Wikipedia We will use the application SketchUp to construct a virtual model. It's on the school computers. To use it at home download it here: www.sketchup.com
• Yukon Garden Insects
• Observe Food and Agriculture PowerPoint (Sustainable Land Management) and make notes. Download
• Observe Sustainable Agriculture - Economics PowerPoint and make notes. Download
• Go to Get Local, British Columbia!. What is meant by the term "food miles" coined by Britain's SUSTAIN Organization in 1994? Describe in a paragraph, the environmental, nutritional and economic benefits of eating local.
• THE BRITISH COLUMBIA AGRICULTURE PLAN - Growing a Healthy Future for B.C. Families
• BC Agriculture’s Climate Change Action Plan
• Traditional First Nations foods What are the benefits?
• Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian
• Read Why Does Evolution Matter? and answer the questions.
• Go to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) - Scitable Spotlight for a brief history of GMOs.
• Go to Food and Agriculture: Toward Healthy Food and Farms
• Click on More about genetic engineering in agriculture. What is Genetic Engineering? What are the potential benefits? What are the health and environmental risks? What are the alternatives to Genetic Engineering?
• Learn about the views of farmers, scientists, biotechnology critics, federal regulators and the food industry, all caught up in the intensifying debate over genetically modified food by clicking here GMO Interviews.
• Answer the 20 questions on GM foods in your own words by using this WHO link.
• Complete the Should We Grow GM Foods? assignment.
• Compare the traditional method of selective breeding with one of the latest transgenic methods by engineering a crop
• Try to Guess What's Coming to Dinner?
• Go to Genetically Engineered and Grown in BC? What percentage of processed foods likely contain genetically engineered ingredients? What are the four genetically engineered crops that can be grown legally in Canada at this time? What are the two main reasons that corn is genetically engineered? How are the genetically engineered salmon produced by AquaBounty different from conventional salmon? What were the two sources of genetic material in developing the Enviropig™?
• Read the Brief on Sustainable Agriculture which focuses on developing countries and complete the accompanying question sheet.
• Using the Yukon farm products & services guide as a starting point, choose a career that involves Agriculture in the Yukon. Conduct more research to learn more about the aspects of that career. Write a letter to the Comeau Foundation that explains why you should get a scholarship of $50,000 to pursue this career.
• Build a bird house or bird feeder from popsicle sticks.
• Visit the International Plant Nutrition Institute website.
• HOMEWORK: Visit Whitehorse's Newest Grocery store! New Whitehorse grocery store aims to bring local food home
• FISHERIES ASSIGNMENTS
• Complete the History of Fishing Assignment using Wikipedia
• Read Story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing.
• Read Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia History and legal challenges and complete the Aboriginal Fisheries in BC assignment
• Go to the Yukon Fishing Regulations Summary 2013-14 Why are barbless hooks recommended on all Yukon waters? Fish under what length must be returned to the water? Distinguish between daily catch limit and possession limit. Go to page 40: Which fish should you live release to maintain fish stocks for the future? Go to page 42: What should you do to reduce stress on the fish you intend to release? Go to page 46: What do the Tagish and Inland Tlingit mean by the terms ‘Fish Mothers’ or ‘Fish Fathers’? Go to page 55: What steps should you take to prevent the spread of invasive species?
• Go to Eating Yukon Fish. What are the health benefits of eating fish? Do Yukon fish contain parasites? (click on Mercury in Yukon Fish) What can you do to limit your exposure to mercury in fish? What is botulism? What is one way to avoid it?
• Go to Common Parasites of Yukon Fresh Water Fishes. What is the difference between a direct life cycle and an indirect life cycle in a parasite species? What is the Piscicola more commonly known as?
• Complete the Sustainable Fishery Assignment using the notes from Wikipedia.
• Curricular Unit: All Caught Up: Bycatching and Design
• Go to Fisheries Sustainability. Conservation methods are in place for each of the species listed on the right. Use this information to complete the Fisheries Sustainability Assignment
• Go to the 'Namgis Closed Containment Salmon Farm website and
• Fish Farming and Local Environments (Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project)
• Go to Hot Topics BC Salmon Farmers Association and check out the association's position statements on a number of key issues.
• Click on Brief History of AquaBounty Technologies and the AquAdvantage® Salmon How was the AquAdvantage® Salmon developed? What are the intended benefits of AquAdvantage® Salmon compared to wild salmon?
• Go to AquaBounty Technologies. Click on Frequently Asked Questions. What steps has AquaBounty taken to protect the genetic diversity of wild salmon stocks?
• Genetically modified salmon in Canada? (Vancouver Observer - Jan 20th, 2014)
• Fish out of water: a new future for salmon farming (Vancouver Observer - Oct 11th, 2013)
• National Geographic Seafood Decision Guide
• Go to National Geographic Protecting the Ocean Complete the Critical Ocean Issues Assignment by jotting down the key points regarding each issue.
• Marine Critical Issues: Case Studies
• Go to Careers (BC Salmon Farmers Association) and check out the aquaculture programs.
• Career Opportunities
• FORESTRY ASSIGNMENTS
• Boreal forest: Cree struggle to save the Broadback goes global
• Forestry Assignment
• Complete the Forests Web Assignment using the following three links:
• Forests in Canada
• Yukon Forest Health Report 2012
• Wetlands Fact Sheet
• Go to the Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources - Forestry Web Site to see what they do.
• Go to the Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources - Forestry Web Site. What are the rules regarding cutting of Christmas trees in the Yukon.
• Compare the The Canadian Sustainable Forestry Initiative web site with the Forest Ethics article Expose Sustainable Forestry Initiative's Greenwash (Certification Canada)
• Agroforestry Assignment
• Involving Aboriginal Peoples in Sustainable Forest Management
• Use the fact sheet INVOLVING ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT to complete the first four questions of the INVOLVING ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT Assignment
• Go to Aboriginal Forestry Initiative. What are the three priority areas for Aboriginal economic development in forestry?
• Use the Aboriginal Forestry Workshop Economic Development Opportunities in the Yukon Territory article to complete the last two questions of the INVOLVING ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT Assignment
• FIRST NATIONS FORESTRY PROGRAM in partnership with First Nations Annual Report
• Engaging Aboriginal youth in forestry. Sharing our experiences. 2011.
• Aboriginal Communities and Forestry. 2010.
• First Nations Forestry Program. Success Stories. 2009.
• Go to A vision for First Nations Forestry in 2020. and complete the Vision for First Nations Forestry in 2020 Assignment
• Tsimshian Involvement in the Forest Sector
• [VIDEO] The Social Network of Forestry
• Make Your Own Paper
• The importance of forest sector adaptation to climate change. 2008.
• MINING ASSIGNMENTS
• Using the Exploration and Mining Guide for Aboriginal Communities complete the Exploration Assignment and the Mining Development and Construction Assignment.
• Egg Mining Activity
• Using Canada: A Diamond-Producing Nation complete the Canada: A Diamond-Producing Nation Assignment.
• Complete the Environmental Impact of Mining Assignment using Environmental impact of mining From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Read the article Earthquake in Northern B.C. caused by fracking, says regulator
• Partnership Agreements Case Studies
• Cookie Mining

• Core Sampling

• ENERGY ASSIGNMENTS
• City of Whitehorse – Energy Management Plan Final Report
• Complete the Coal Assignment using wikipedia.
• Complete the Nuclear Energy Assignment using wikipedia.
• Complete the Oils Sands Assignment using Oil Sands A strategic resource for Canada, North America and the global market
• Oil Sands Aboriginal Peoples
• Complete the Firewood Assignment using wikipedia
• 15 woodpiles that have been stacked into gorgeous works of art
• Exploring for Petroleum - Modeling an Oil Reserve

• Getting the Oil Out

• Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013
• Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013 Interactive data visualisations
• Clean Energy: Choose Renewables First!
• Make a Model Windmill
• Make a Water Wheel

• Curricular Unit: Dams

• CAREER TOPICS ASSIGNMENTS
• Research career and job opportunities in resource industries and related services.
• Fishery Officer Career
• Forestry Career Assignment
• Science.gc.ca Activity Book!

  AgrIculture

  A1 analyse the environmental, social, and economic significance of agriculture at the local, provincial, and global levels

  A2 outline components of agricultural systems and ways of enhancing agriculture production

  A3 assess current practices related to sustainable management of agricultural resources in British Columbia

  A4 investigate current practices related to the development of commercial agriculture products

  A5 illustrate various roles of technology in agricultural practices

  A6 analyse challenges and opportunities faced by agriculture industries in British Columbia

  FisherIes

  B1 analyse the environmental, social, and economic significance of fisheries at the local, provincial, and global levels

  B2 outline the dynamics of ecosystems related to fisheries

  B3 assess current practices related to management of sustainable fishery resources in British Columbia

  B4 investigate current practices related to the development of fisheries products

  B5 illustrate various roles of technology in fishery practices

  B6 analyse challenges and opportunities faced by fishery industries in British Columbia

  Forestry

  C1 analyse the environmental, social, and economic significance of forestry and related industries at the local, provincial, and global levels

  C2 outline the dynamics of forest ecosystems

  C3 assess current practices related to the management of sustainable forest resources in British Columbia

  C4 investigate current practices related to the development of commercial forest products

  C5 illustrate various roles of technology in forest practices

  C6 analyse challenges and opportunities faced by forest industries in British Columbia

  Mining

  D1 analyse the environmental, social, and economic impacts of acquiring mineral resources, and hydrocarbons from fossil fuels, at the local, provincial, and global levels

  D2 describe methods used for the exploration, extraction, and processing of hydrocarbon and mineral resources

  D3 assess current practices related to the sustainable management of hydrocarbon and mineral resources in British Columbia

  D4 investigate current practices related to the development of hydrocarbon and mineral resource products

  D5 illustrate various roles of technology in the exploration, extraction, and processing of hydrocarbon and mineral resources

  D6 analyse challenges and opportunities facing hydrocarbon and mineral resource industries in British Columbia

  Energy

  E1 analyse the environmental, social, and economic significance of energy generation and use at the local, provincial, and global levels

  E2 describe the processes associated with the generation and use of energy resources

  E3 investigate current practices related to the management of sustainable energy resources

  E4 illustrate various roles of technology in energy resource industries

  E5 analyse challenges and opportunities faced by energy industries in British Columbia

  Career Topics

  F1 research career and job opportunities in resource industries and related services