Teaching about ecotourism with Green Paradise
Use the Green Paradise series to focus on environmental and ecological concerns with your students and teach about ecotourism.
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10 Keys to Expressing Your Ideas with Respect
School is a great setting in which to learn how to express one’s ideas and respect other people’s views. Explore the art of communicating with Big Mouth.
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners, carrying the torch
The coming Pan Am Games provide an excellent opportunity to examine with your students the injustice experienced by 10 Indigenous frontrunners in 1967.
On Screenwriting | Notes from the Man Behind Barney’s Version
Barney's Version screenwriter Michael Konyves reflects on life-changing books, Montreal and regrets in this rare guest blog post.
5 Tips for Discussing Cultural Diversity at School
Using NFB films, discuss some of the challenges that cultural diversity may play in everyday life for students.
Using the “Big Six” Historical Thinking Concepts to Reflect on the Birth of Shopping
Reflect upon the birth of shopping with your students through the « Big Six » historical thinking concepts.
M.C. Escher, The Mathemagician
Explore M.C. Escher's creative universe with your students and bring a bit of magic into your classroom.
Becoming a Man: Rites of passage around the world
Invite your students to discover and understand the various rites of passage across the world with the series Becoming a Man.
Exploring the impact of the petroleum industry
Use the Cool Careers series of shorts to explore with your students the complex relationships that exist between the petroleum industry, science, and society.
Science at the Top of the World
Educators: explore rewarding, and even groundbreaking, careers in earth sciences with your students by watching Science at the Top of the World.
The 2015 Canada Day Challenge has begun!
Youth from every region of the country are invited to take up the Canada Day Challenge.
Hothouse 10: Kathleen Weldon’s Rollercoaster
How an insistence on a complicated solution led animator Kathleen Weldon to a magical result with her Hothouse 10 rollercoaster.